Best Public Schools in Nyssa, OR


Summary:

The city of Nyssa, Oregon is home to 4 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including Nyssa Elementary School, Nyssa High School, Nyssa Middle School, and Nyssa Virtual School. The Nyssa School District 26 as a whole is performing above average compared to other districts in Oregon, ranking 40 out of 140 and receiving a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Among the standout schools in the district, Nyssa High School and Nyssa Virtual School demonstrate particularly strong academic performance. Nyssa High School ranks 56 out of 258 Oregon high schools and has impressive proficiency rates in English Language Arts (69.1%) and Mathematics (35.4%). Nyssa Virtual School also excels, with its 3rd-5th grade students outperforming the district and state averages in English Language Arts and Mathematics, as well as having much higher 5th and 8th-grade science proficiency rates than the district and state.

However, the district faces some challenges, with the elementary and middle schools struggling to match the academic achievements of the high school and virtual school. For example, 5th-grade English Language Arts proficiency rates at Nyssa Elementary (36.7%) and Nyssa Middle School (31.8%) are well below the state average of 46.9%. Additionally, all schools in the district have high rates of free and reduced lunch recipients, ranging from 88.83% at Nyssa Elementary to 93.43% at Nyssa Middle School, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.








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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.

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