Bonanza Junior/Senior High School

Bonanza Junior/Senior High School is a senior high of one-room-style scale in Bonanza, Oregon, run under Klamath County SD, caters to 222 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 65% below the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 630 students.

Across the 21 schools in Klamath County SD (6,774 students total), Bonanza Junior/Senior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Bonanza Junior/Senior High School reports that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Native American. By comparison, Klamath County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Bonanza Junior/Senior High School logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.8:1, putting Bonanza Junior/Senior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Bonanza Junior/Senior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.0%, the actual is 11.5%, a residual of -14.5 points.

Around the school, census data for Klamath County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,830 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Klamath County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,474 students), Bonanza Junior/Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bonanza Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. On composite proficiency, Bonanza Junior/Senior High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

Bonanza Junior/Senior High School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bonanza Junior/Senior High School has changed only slightly, going from 220 students in 2018 to 222 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.