Summary:
In ZIP code 97882, there is exactly one public high school: Umatilla High School, which serves grades 9–12 in Umatilla, Oregon, as part of Umatilla School District 6R. It enrolls 466 students, so parents cannot compare it with another high school in the same ZIP code; the useful comparisons are to its district and to Oregon statewide averages.
Umatilla High School has a mixed profile. Its graduation rate is 87.0%, which is above Oregon’s 83.0% average. However, its test proficiency is far below state levels. In 2025–2026, 18.1% of students were proficient in English language arts, compared with 46.0% for 11th grade statewide; 6.2% were proficient in mathematics, compared with 22.9% for 11th grade statewide; and 19.5% were proficient in science, compared with 33.8% for 11th grade statewide. Chronic absenteeism is 41.3%, above the district rate of 33.0% and the state rate of 33.5%. The school’s 2024–2025 metrics also show a 20:1 student–teacher ratio and $20,441 in per-student spending; the data set does not provide state benchmarks for those two measures. A free/reduced lunch figure of 108.37 is anomalous and cannot be read as a literal percentage, but it suggests high economic need.
Rankings show a sharp recent decline. Umatilla High School was 224th of 268 schools in 2023–2024 (16th percentile, 1 star), improved to 210th of 270 in 2024–2025 (22nd percentile, 1 star), then fell to 251st of 271 in 2025–2026 (7th percentile, 0 stars). The district is ranked 140th of 141 districts in Oregon, at the 1st percentile with 0 stars. For parents, the main takeaway is a paradox: graduation is a bright spot, but math is the most severe academic weakness, ELA and science are also below state, and chronic absenteeism is a major engagement concern.
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