Summary:
ZIP code 97836 has one listed high school, Heppner Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 7–12 with 171 students in the Morrow School District 1 area of Oregon. This school is the standout by default, and it has earned a four-star rating in each of the last three listed years. In 2025–2026 it ranked 43 of 271 schools, at the 84th percentile. That is much stronger than its district, which is listed at two stars and the 48th percentile.
For parents, the key outcomes are strong. The graduation rate is 100.0%, compared with 96.7% in the district and 83.0% statewide. Chronic absenteeism is 22.5%, lower than the district’s 35.4% and the state’s 33.5%. In English language arts, all grades reached 65.9% proficiency versus 43.8% statewide, and science reached 53.1% versus 30.6% statewide. Math is more mixed: all grades were 30.7%, slightly below the state’s 32.9%, but 7th grade math was 41.7% versus 33.3% statewide and 11th grade math was 25.0% versus 22.9%. Eighth-grade math was 28.1% versus 30.0%. The school outperforms its district in every listed test-score comparison.
Context matters. Free or reduced lunch participation is 66.67%, per-student spending is $28,115, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.2. With only 171 students in grades 7–12, grade-level percentages can shift from cohort to cohort, so year-to-year variation is more likely. Overall, this school appears to be a high-performing small school, especially in ELA, science, graduation, and attendance; math is the main academic area to watch.
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