Burns High School

Burns High School is one of the micro-enrollment senior highs in Burns, Oregon, part of Harney County SD 3, with 215 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 630 students each, so Burns High School sits 66% smaller than that benchmark.

Harney County SD 3 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 683 students. Burns High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Burns High School records that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.8:1 average. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Harney County's rate of about 72%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Burns High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.7%; actual is 27.3%, a gap of -21.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Harney County put the typical household earns roughly $55,208 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Harney County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,240 students), Burns High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Burns High Desert Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Burns High School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 252 students in 2018 compared to 215 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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