Summary:
ZIP code 97383 is home to a single high school — Stayton High School — which serves grades 9–12 with 669 students as part of North Santiam School District 29J in Oregon, so families here have one public high school option and the most useful comparisons are against district and state averages rather than other local schools.
Stayton High School's clearest strength is graduation: 97.2% of students graduated in 2024–25, well above the district's 83.7% and the state's 83.0% — roughly 14 percentage points higher than Oregon overall. Science is the strongest tested subject, with 33.8% proficiency in 2025–26, above the district's 27.7% and the state's 30.6%. The challenges sit in math and attendance. Math proficiency is 20.0%, compared with 28.9% in the district and 32.9% statewide, making it the lowest-performing subject; English Language Arts is 36.1%, below the district's 41.6% and the state's 43.8%. Chronic absenteeism is 37.4%, higher than the district's 35.3% and the state's 33.5%. At the 11th-grade level specifically, the school is slightly above its district in all three subjects but still below the state in ELA and math and equal to the state in science.
The school's state rank has slipped over three years, from 87th of 268 (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–24 to 157th of 271 (42nd percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–26. Context matters: 82.66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending is $19,006, and the student-teacher ratio is 17.1:1. Overall, this is a school with a standout graduation rate and relative science strength, but real room to grow in math, ELA, and attendance.
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