Summary:
ZIP code 97906 has one school, Harper Charter School, an alternative K–12 school in Harper School District 66 with 258 students. Because it is the only school in the district in this data, district and school results are identical. Parents should read the numbers with the alternative-school and small-enrollment context in mind: grade-level percentages can be based on small groups, and some figures are suppressed to protect student privacy.
Academically, ELA is the clearest strength. All-grades ELA is 59% proficient versus 43.8% statewide, with 6th grade at 70% vs. 41.8% and 11th grade at 71.4% vs. 46%. Math is above the state overall at 38.6% vs. 32.9%, led by 4th grade at 69.2% vs. 38.9%, though 11th-grade math is 14.3% vs. 22.9%. Science is the main weakness: all-grades science is 18.4% vs. 30.6%, and 11th-grade science is under 5% vs. 33.8%. 8th-grade science is 33.3% vs. 27.7%, so the science gap appears concentrated at the high school level. ELA and math for grades 3 and 5, plus 5th-grade science, are suppressed and should be treated as unknown, not as zero.
Other metrics show mixed results. The graduation rate is 71.8% vs. 83.0% statewide, and chronic absenteeism is 34.5% vs. 33.5%. The free/reduced lunch rate is 23.64%, per-student spending is $25,142, and the student-teacher ratio is 18.7. For parents, the takeaway is that this school posts strong ELA and solid overall math results, but has notable challenges in science, graduation rate, and absenteeism. The high spending and moderate ratio may reflect the cost of running a small K–12 alternative charter school.
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