Summary:
ZIP code 97834 has just one listed school — Pine Eagle Charter School in Halfway, Oregon — a K–12 alternative charter serving 213 students and the only school of any kind, elementary, middle, or high, represented for this area.
The school belongs to Pine Eagle School District 61, and because it is the district's only school, school and district figures match on every reported measure. Two outcomes stand out favorably against the state. Its chronic absenteeism rate is 27.4%, compared with 33.5% statewide — 6.1 percentage points better — suggesting solid student engagement or attendance supports. Its graduation rate is 83.3%, slightly above the state's 83.0%. Context figures show $27,094 in per-student spending, a student-teacher ratio of 11.6, and a free/reduced lunch rate of 43.66%, indicating that a substantial share of families here are economically disadvantaged. No state comparison is provided for spending, staffing, or lunch rates.
On 2025–2026 state assessments, all-grade Science is the strongest subject at 37.2% proficient versus 30.6% statewide, a 6.6-point advantage. Mathematics is essentially at the state level, 33.3% versus 32.9%, while English Language Arts is slightly behind, 41.2% versus 43.8%. Those averages hide wide grade-level swings: 4th-grade ELA reaches 66.7% against the state's 43.5%, and 6th-grade Math is 42.9% against 29.7%. Weaker spots include 5th-grade Math at 20.0% versus 32.4%, 8th-grade Math at 16.7% versus 30.0%, and 8th-grade ELA at 27.8% versus 41.5%. Eleventh-grade ELA, Math, and Science results were suppressed by the state to protect student privacy, so they are unknown rather than a sign of low performance. With only 213 students across K–12, individual grade cohorts are small and their results can swing sharply from year to year.
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