Nyssa High School

Nyssa High School is one of the tight-knit four-year high schools in Nyssa, Oregon, one of the schools within Nyssa SD 26, with 335 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 47% below the state mean of about 630.

Nyssa SD 26 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,115 students. Nyssa High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Nyssa High School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 27% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Malheur County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Nyssa High School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.8:1, putting Nyssa High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at Nyssa High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Nyssa High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.0%, the actual is 41.9%, a residual of +14.9 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Malheur County put the typical household earns roughly $54,519 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Nyssa High School is one of 25 public schools in Malheur County (combined enrollment of about 6,566 students).

Nearest neighbor: Nyssa Virtual School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Nyssa High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nyssa High School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 33.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nyssa High School has fell 3%, going from 347 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.