Summary:
Mount Adams School District serves about 839 students across three schools, covering PK–12 in a high-need community: Harrah Elementary School (PK–6), Mount Adams Middle School (7–8), and White Swan High School (9–12). About 94%–96% of students at each school qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, so families should view the academic results alongside the district’s significant economic challenges.
Harrah Elementary School currently shows the district’s strongest math and science results, with 20.76% of students proficient in math and 18.64% in science. Its math and science scores improved substantially from the prior year, although performance drops sharply in the upper grades: math falls from 43.64% in 3rd grade to 7.35% in 6th grade. This makes grades 4–6 an important focus for families seeking academic support. White Swan High School has the district’s strongest reported ELA result, at 21.82%, and its 85% graduation rate is above the statewide rate of 82.6%. It also has the lowest student–teacher ratio, at 9.4 students per teacher. Its math results were suppressed, however, meaning they are unavailable—not zero.
Mount Adams Middle School is the smallest school, with 136 students, but has the highest student–teacher ratio at 22.2. It also has the lowest reported proficiency rates: 9.84% in ELA, 8.26% in math, and 10.53% in science. The transition from upper elementary into middle school appears to be a major challenge. Overall, the schools rank near the bottom statewide, but both Harrah Elementary School and Mount Adams Middle School improved in every reported subject year over year. Families may want to ask about intervention programs, grade-transition support, attendance services, and how the high school’s relatively strong graduation outcomes are being sustained.
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