Summary:
ZIP code 97738 contains exactly one school in this dataset: Hines Middle School in Hines, Oregon, which serves grades 6–8 with 164 students and belongs to Harney County School District 3. Because it is the only school in this ZIP code — 0 elementary, 1 middle, 0 high, and 0 alternative schools — there are no local peer schools to compare it against, so the useful comparisons are against its district and the state.
The most urgent signal is attendance: 50.3% of students were chronically absent in 2024–2025, well above the district’s 37.7% and the state’s 33.5%, meaning about half the student body missed enough school to be flagged. Academic results are also below both the district and state in every all-grade subject. In English Language Arts, 18.8% of students met proficiency versus 22.5% in the district and 43.8% statewide. In math, 8.6% met proficiency versus 15.6% district and 32.9% state. In science, the school figure is under 5%, compared with 13.3% district and 30.6% state. Grade-level results follow the same pattern, with 8th grade especially weak: 9.3% in ELA, under 5% in math, and under 5% in science. Rankings place the school near the bottom of Oregon middle schools — 346 of 371 (7th percentile, 0 stars) in 2025–2026, 355 of 368 (4th percentile, 0 stars) in 2024–2025, and 312 of 371 (16th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024. The district itself ranks 132 of 141 in Oregon, at the 6th percentile with 0 stars.
Context matters here: 94.51% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch, indicating very high economic need, while per-student spending is $21,548 and the student-teacher ratio is 12.4. The data does not include state averages for spending or class size, so direct resource comparisons are limited. Still, the combination of very high need, substantial spending, small classes, and low outcomes suggests that attendance and academic intervention — particularly in 8th grade — are the areas most likely to need attention.
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