Summary:
Zip code 97732 in Crane, Oregon is home to just one elementary school: Crane Elementary School, a small K–8 campus with 186 students in Harney County School District 4. Because it serves kindergarten through eighth grade, its published results include middle-school grades alongside the elementary grades. With only one school in the area, families have a single option to consider — but it is a strong one.
Crane Elementary ranks 95th of 709 Oregon schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 87th percentile with 4 stars out of 5. Its district ranks even higher, 3rd of 141 districts statewide at the 98th percentile with 5 stars. Test scores back that up: in all-grade OSAS results for 2025–2026, 68.7% of students met standards in English language arts, 59.9% in mathematics, and 61.1% in science, versus state rates of 43.8%, 32.9%, and 30.6%. Middle-grade results are especially strong — 7th-grade ELA reached 87.0% and 8th-grade ELA 77.4%, math topped out at 66.7% in both 5th and 6th grade, and 8th-grade science hit 63.6% against a state rate of 27.7%. The school is above its district in all-grade ELA and math and slightly below it in science, while still far ahead of the state.
Context matters here. About 67.2% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $22,019, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.9. Chronic absenteeism is 28.8% — better than Oregon's 33.5% but higher than the district's 22.1%, making attendance the clearest area for improvement. Rank history shows a rebound: 85th percentile in 2023–2024, a dip to 77th in 2024–2025, then back up to 87th in 2025–2026. Overall, Crane Elementary delivers strong academics relative to the state.
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