Enrollment
352
Combined
STATE 384
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUFUR SD 29·NCES 410441001162
Dufur School
802 NE 5th St, Dufur, OR 97021 · (541) 467-2509 · Wasco County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
21 FTE teachers
STATE 22.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
233 students
STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.4%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
22.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
352
+44 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 15.4:1
% White
79%
was 80%
% Hispanic
8%
was 7%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Wasco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,552
Census ACS
Median income
$64,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,407 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Dry Hollow Elementary School9.4 mi · 424
- The Dalles Middle School9.8 mi · 513
- The Dalles High School10.3 mi · 795
- Colonel Wright Elementary School10.5 mi · 291
- Chenowith Elementary School12.7 mi · 418
- Innovations Academy12.8 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Dufur SchoolHow large is Dufur School?
Dufur School enrolls approximately 352 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Dufur School serve?
Dufur School serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Dufur School?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Dufur School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dufur School?
At Dufur School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Dufur School?
Dufur School is overseen by Dufur SD 29 in Wasco County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.