Summary
Oroville Middle-High School is a small public school in Oroville, Washington, serving 243 students in grades 7–12 in a rural community about 16 miles from Tonasket. The school is part of the Oroville School District, which ranks 204th of 238 Washington districts, placing it at the 14th percentile statewide. The school’s latest ranking is 300th of 396 schools, or the 24th percentile, lower than Tonasket High School, which ranks at the 41st percentile. Oroville’s ranking has varied considerably, however, reaching the 50th percentile in some earlier years.
Academically, English language arts is a concern: 41.18% of Oroville students were proficient in 2025–2026, compared with 61.67% at Tonasket High School and 52.81% statewide. Math is the school’s greatest weakness, with 18.45% proficiency—nearly the same as Tonasket but about 25 percentage points below Washington’s rate. Eighth-grade math was especially low at 11.43%. Science is a relative strength: Oroville’s 45.21% proficiency exceeded Tonasket’s 42.37% and the Oroville School District average, although it remained below the state. The 11th-grade science result was suppressed, so it is unknown. All three subjects declined from the prior year, suggesting that the latest setback was broad rather than limited to one course.
Student persistence also warrants attention. Oroville’s 2024–2025 graduation rate was 73.1%, below Tonasket’s 89.0% and the state’s 82.6%, while its dropout rate was 14.6%, above the statewide 9.8%. The school serves a comparatively economically disadvantaged population, with 69.96% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. Resources are relatively strong, including $24,318 in per-student spending and a 12.9 student-teacher ratio, but these advantages have not yet produced consistently strong outcomes. Key priorities include improving middle-school math, reversing the ELA decline, and pairing academic support with attendance, advising, credit recovery, and dropout-prevention efforts.
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