South Wasco County Middle/High School

South Wasco County Middle/High School is a tiny secondary school in Maupin, Oregon, overseen by South Wasco County SD 1. The school works with 138 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 630 students each, so South Wasco County Middle/High School sits 78% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in South Wasco County SD 1 (218 students total), South Wasco County Middle/High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, South Wasco County Middle/High School shows that 77% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic, 9% Native American, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Wasco County Middle/High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.4%; this one delivers 21.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wasco County put median household earnings sit near $64,175, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wasco County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,407 students), South Wasco County Middle/High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: South Wasco County Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. On composite proficiency, South Wasco County Middle/High School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 117 students in 2018 compared to 138 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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