Summary:
ZIP code 97820 in Canyon City, Oregon, is home to just one elementary school—Humbolt Elementary School—which serves grades K–6 with 247 students in the John Day School District 3. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there are no direct local comparisons to make; instead, the school’s performance can be measured against its district and the state of Oregon.
Humbolt Elementary shows a mixed academic picture. Its relative bright spots are in 3rd grade English Language Arts, where 42.3% of students are proficient, slightly above Oregon’s 41.5% and equal to the district, and in 4th grade math, where 42.9% are proficient, above the state’s 38.9% and equal to the district. However, all-grade proficiency is below state levels in every subject: 19.6% in ELA versus 43.8% statewide, 21.6% in math versus 32.9%, and 12.5% in science versus 30.6%. The clearest concern is upper-elementary performance, which drops sharply—5th grade ELA falls to 12% and math to 12%, while 6th grade ELA is reported as under 5% and 6th grade math is 6.3%. Science in 5th grade is 12.5%, compared with 30.8% statewide.
Other key indicators show 72.87% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $27,150, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.7. Chronic absenteeism is 32.6%, slightly below the state’s 33.5% but above the district’s 31.1%. The school’s statewide rank has declined from the 58th percentile with 3 stars in 2023–2024 to the 21st percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026. Humbolt outperforms its district—which ranks 135th of 141 in Oregon—in all all-grade subjects, but it remains below state averages overall. In short, this is a school with early-grade strengths and significant upper-grade challenges.
Thank you for your feedback!