North Douglas High School

Set in Drain, Oregon, North Douglas High School is an one-room-style senior high, overseen by North Douglas SD 22. It hosts 112 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 82% below the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 630 students.

North Douglas SD 22 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 366 students. North Douglas High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, North Douglas High School logs that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 69% of students at North Douglas High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 82%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North Douglas High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Douglas County shows median household income runs about $61,310, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Douglas County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,417 students), of which North Douglas High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: North Douglas Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around North Douglas High School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Douglas High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 28.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 37%: 82 students in 2018 compared to 112 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 76% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the North Douglas High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.