Vale High School

Vale High School, a close-knit four-year high school in Vale, Oregon, overseen by Vale SD 84, enrolls 293 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 630 students each, so Vale High School sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

Vale High School is one of 4 schools operated by Vale SD 84, a district that educates 912 students overall.

On demographics, Vale High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 23% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.8:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at Vale High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Vale High School sits in the top 10% of Oregon schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 27.5%; actual is 57.6%, +30.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Malheur County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,519 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Malheur County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,566 students), Vale High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Vale Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vale High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 34.7%.

Vale High School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Vale High School's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 281 (now 293). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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