Enrollment
293
High
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALE SD 84·NCES 410001400761
Vale High School
505 Viking Dr, Vale, OR 97918 · (541) 473-3181 · Malheur County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Oregon public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
265 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 80 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 77 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 75 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 61 | 21% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Vale SD 84. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
67.1%
OR avg 43.0% . -7.1pp since 2023
Math
38.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 74.2% | 47.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in Oregon's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Vale High School
Vale High School's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vale High School this school | 293 | 90.4% | 57.6% |
| Coquille Junior Senior High Coquille | 360 | 89.7% | 24.6% |
| Bonanza Junior/Senior High School Bonanza | 222 | 94.1% | 11.5% |
| Bandon Senior High School Bandon | 212 | 88.7% | N/A |
| Sheridan High School Sheridan | 211 | 87.7% | 13.0% |
| Gold Beach Jr/Sr High School Gold Beach | 188 | 93.1% | 45.4% |
Matched among Oregon high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Vale High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #7 of 177 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #20 of 194 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #17 of 201 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #146 of 257 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #19 of 171 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #124 of 171 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #45 of 207 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #42 of 67 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
293
+46 (+19%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 293 | 19.5 | 15.0:1 | 90% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 19.3 | 15.4:1 | 71% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 18.3 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 18 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 281 | 16.5 | 17.0:1 | 54% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 266 | 16 | 16.6:1 | 55% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 49% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 355 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 46% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vale High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (281 to 293); teachers up 18% (16.5 to 19.5).
About Vale High School
Vale High School is a public high school in Vale, Oregon. The school reports 293 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 53% smaller than the 630 average for high schools in Oregon.
Vale High School is a school in Vale SD 84. The district has 4 schools and 912 students.
Vale High School's enrollment is 74% White. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Vale High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
A ratio of 15.0:1 comes from the school's 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 19.8:1 average for high schools in Oregon is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 90% of students at Vale High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Malheur County, the average is about the same, 89%.
Vale High School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 96% of Oregon public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Oregon schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Vale High School does better than predicted by 30.2 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.6%; the prediction is 27.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Malheur County show that median household income is about $54,519, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 25 public schools in Malheur County, with a combined enrollment of about 6,566.
The shortest distance from Vale High School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Vale Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Vale High School places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Vale High School went from 247 students to 293. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 15.0:1 over the same years.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Malheur County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,954
Census ACS
Median income
$54,519
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
6,566 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vale SD 84
- Vale Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Vale Middle SchoolMiddle · 120 students
- Willowcreek Elementary SchoolElementary · 61 students
Other schools in Vale
- Vale Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Vale Middle SchoolMiddle · 120 students
- Willowcreek Elementary SchoolElementary · 61 students
Nearby schools
- Vale Middle School0.0 mi · 120
- Vale Elementary School0.5 mi · 438
- Willowcreek Elementary School10.8 mi · 61
- Cairo Elementary School11.9 mi · 124
- Four Rivers Community School13.1 mi · 367
- Alameda Intermediate School13.7 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Vale High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Vale High School?
Vale High School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Vale High School serve?
Vale High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Vale High School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Vale High School.
How diverse is Vale High School?
Vale High School reports a student body of 74% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Vale High School public or private?
Vale High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vale SD 84.
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