Summary:
ZIP code 97885 is home to exactly one high school: Wallowa High School, serving grades 9–12 with about 55 students in the rural community of Wallowa, Oregon. It is the only high school in Wallowa School District 12, so district-level grade 9–12 figures are identical to the school's own numbers. The school's record in this data set is complete, with no suppressed or missing values to work around.
Wallowa High School is a standout performer: it ranked 13th of 271 Oregon high schools in 2025–26 — the 95th percentile, or roughly the top 5% of the state — and earned 5 stars in all three reported years (19th of 258 in 2022–23, 27th of 268 in 2023–24, 13th of 271 in 2025–26). On 2025–26 OSAS tests, 73.3% of students were proficient in English language arts (state: 43.8%), 46.7% in math (state: 32.9%), and 60% in science (state: 30.6%), beating state averages in every subject. Its graduation rate was 90%, seven points above the state's 83%. Per-student spending is high at $22,005, and the student–teacher ratio is a very low 9.1:1, implying roughly six teachers.
Two things for parents to weigh. First, this is a tiny school: a cohort of about 15 test-takers means a single student can move results by roughly 6.7 percentage points, so year-to-year swings may reflect a few students rather than real change. Second, chronic absenteeism is 32.7% — about level with the state (33.5%) but above the district's 26.2%, which suggests attendance slips as students reach high school. Note that the district overall ranks lower than its high school (16th of 141, 89th percentile, 4 stars), and the reported free/reduced lunch figure of 161.82% is not usable and should be re-sourced.
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