Dufur School

Dufur School, a medium-sized all-grades campus in Dufur, Oregon, overseen by Dufur SD 29, teaches 352 students, covering grades K through 12.

Dufur School sits inside Dufur SD 29, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Dufur School records that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 8% Hispanic, 7% Native American, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.5:1 average. Roughly 66% of students at Dufur School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wasco County (around 92%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dufur School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 29.5%, a residual of -7.4 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wasco County put median household earnings sit near $64,175, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Wasco County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,407 students), of which Dufur School is one.

The closest other public school is Dry Hollow Elementary School, roughly 9.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dufur School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.4%.

Dufur School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dufur School has expanded 14%, going from 308 students in 2018 to 352 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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