Outperforming Expectations
Raw scores are modest, but decoded performance is strong — these schools are doing more than their context predicts.
- North Powder Charter School #362 → #84
Metro overview
La Grande, OR — 2024 Decoded Rankings
4 schools ranked · Updated September 4, 2026
- 1 outperforming expectations
- 1 strong by both measures
- 0 high scores, context matters
- 1 typical profile
Where rankings diverge
These are the schools where raw test performance and decoded performance disagree most. The shift column shows the gap between Achievement Rank and Decoded Rank.
Strong by Both Measures
High raw scores AND high decoded performance — doing more with their context than peer schools at the same level.
- Island City Elementary School #106 → #80
High Scores, Context Matters
Raw scores are high, but the school's advantaged context predicts even higher — raw scores may overstate the school's effect.
- Central Elementary School #225 → #330
Elementary & Middle Schools
View all 9 →Elementary / Middle Schools (9 ranked)
4 official · 1 provisional (Est. #, low confidence) · 4 unranked (N/A — not yet eligible)
| Rating | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island City Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | La Grande SD 1 | #106 | #80 (OR)plausibly #19–279#1 (La Grande metro)≈ tied with next | ★Strong by Both Measures | Medium | ||
| North Powder Charter SchoolCharter | North Powder SD 8J | #362 | #84 (OR)plausibly #32–230#2 (La Grande metro)Also HS #73 | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High | ||
| La Grande Middle SchoolNeighborhood | La Grande SD 1 | — | #357 | Est. #282 (OR)#2 (La Grande metro)provisional · low confidence | Typical Profile | Low | |
| Central Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | La Grande SD 1 | #225 | #330 (OR)plausibly #119–531#3 (La Grande metro) | Typical Profile | High | ||
| Greenwood Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | La Grande SD 1 | #544 | #521 (OR)plausibly #334–626#4 (La Grande metro) | Lower by Both Measures | High | ||
| Unranked (4 not yet eligible for a rank) | |||||||
| Cove Charter School | Cove SD 15 | — | N/A | N/A | — | Not enough data to rank | |
| Elgin High School | Elgin SD 23 | — | N/A | N/A | — | Not enough data to rank | |
| Imbler Charter School | Imbler SD 11 | — | N/A | N/A | — | Not enough data to rank | |
| Union High School | Union SD 5 | — | N/A | N/A | — | Not enough data to rank | |
Rows marked ≈ are statistically tied with the row below them: on the current data the joint simulation gives the upper school less than a 65% chance of ranking above the lower one. Ties are between adjacent rows only.
High Schools
View all 3 →High Schools (3 ranked)
1 official · 2 unranked (N/A — not yet eligible)
| Rating | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Powder Charter SchoolCharter | North Powder SD 8J | #71 | #73 (OR)HS#1 (La Grande metro) | HS outcome | Low | ||
| Unranked (2 not yet eligible for a rank) | |||||||
| La Grande High School | La Grande SD 1 | — | N/A | N/A | — | Not enough data to rank | |
| RiverBend High School | ODE YCEP District | — | N/A | N/A | — | Not enough data to rank | |
Districts in La Grande, OR
Districts in this metro
Data & sources
- Assessment data
- 2023–24 school year
- NCES CCD vintage
- 2023
- Census ACS 5-year vintage
- 2020-2024
- Last updated
- September 4, 2026
- Methodology version
- 0.14.0
Source files (3)
- NCES CCD 2023 directory (Urban Institute) (accessed 2026-09-04)
- ACS 5-year 2020-2024 (accessed 2026-09-04)
- Oregon OSAS 2023-24 school-level results (accessed 2026-09-04)
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