Banks High School

Banks High School, a low-enrollment high school in Banks, Oregon, overseen by Banks SD 13, educates 397 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 630 students each, so Banks High School sits 37% below that benchmark.

Banks SD 13 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,081 students; Banks High School is among them.

On demographics, Banks High School lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Banks High School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. The state averages about 19.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Washington County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Banks High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.8%; this one comes in at 26.7%, -24.2 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household income runs about $107,772, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Washington County runs 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), of which Banks High School is one.

Banks Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Banks High School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 382 students in 2018 compared to 397 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 88% to 82% over that span.

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