Summary:
Newport School District serves 1,181 students across five schools offering grades PK–12, including an elementary school, middle school, two high schools, and an alternative home-link program. The district has a compact school structure, with Stratton Elementary serving the largest enrollment and the small Pend Oreille River School serving a specialized high-school-age population.
Academic strengths differ by school. Stratton Elementary has the district’s strongest mathematics results, with 48.67% of students proficient in 2025–2026, and its math performance improved substantially from the prior year. Sadie Halstead Middle School shows the most consistent improvement, gaining in English language arts, math, and science while rising from the 22nd to the 38th percentile in the supplied rankings. Newport High School has the strongest English results and the district’s highest graduation rate at 93%, but its math and science results are weaker, including a notable year-over-year science decline. Newport Home Link stands out for science proficiency at 60%, though math remains a significant challenge.
For families comparing schools, mathematics is the district’s clearest systemwide concern: district proficiency was 33.45%, nearly 10 points below the state. English results were also below the state overall, while science was comparatively closer. The district serves communities with substantial economic need, with reported free- or reduced-price lunch rates above 55% at every school. Pend Oreille River School reports the lowest graduation rate, 75.6%, and the highest dropout rate, while many of its test results are suppressed because of its small enrollment. Suppressed results should be treated as unavailable, not as evidence of poor performance. Parents may wish to focus on each school’s program type, grade span, and specific subject strengths when choosing among these options.
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