Best Elementary & Middle Schools in The Dalles, OR
6 ranked · 10 listed · sorted by Decoded Rank. Click any column header to re-sort, or any school for the full SchoolDecoder Scorecard.
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Elementary / Middle Schools (6 ranked)
6 official · 4 unranked (N/A — not yet eligible)
| Rating | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chenowith Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | North Wasco County SD 21 | #661 | #32 (OR)plausibly #13–195#1 (The Dalles metro) | ★★Outperforming Expectations | High | ||
| Mosier Community SchoolCharter | North Wasco County SD 21 | #347 | #170 (OR)plausibly #62–408#2 (The Dalles metro)≈ tied with next | ★★Outperforming Expectations | Medium | ||
| Dry Hollow Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | North Wasco County SD 21 | #315 | #201 (OR)plausibly #73–494#3 (The Dalles metro) | Typical Profile | High | ||
| The Dalles Middle SchoolNeighborhood | North Wasco County SD 21 | #529 | #376 (OR)plausibly #210–531#4 (The Dalles metro) | Typical Profile | High | ||
| Colonel Wright Elementary SchoolNeighborhood | North Wasco County SD 21 | #476 | #495 (OR)plausibly #269–592#5 (The Dalles metro)≈ tied with next | Lower by Both Measures | High | ||
| South Wasco County Middle/High SchoolNeighborhood | South Wasco County SD 1 | #483 | #527 (OR)plausibly #195–643#6 (The Dalles metro)Also HS #39 | Lower by Both Measures | Medium | ||
| Unranked (4 not yet eligible for a rank) | |||||||
| Big Muddy Elementary | Jefferson County SD 509J | — | N/A | N/A | — | Rankings coming soon · View school details | |
| Dufur School | Dufur SD 29 | — | N/A | N/A | — | Not enough data to rank | |
| Innovations Academy | North Wasco County SD 21 | — | N/A | N/A | — | Not enough data to rank | |
| South Wasco County Elementary School | South Wasco County SD 1 | — | N/A | N/A | — | Rankings coming soon · View school details | |
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.
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Data & sources
- Assessment data
- 2024–25 school year
- NCES CCD vintage
- 2024
- Census ACS 5-year vintage
- 2020-2024
- Last updated
- September 4, 2026
- Methodology version
- 0.14.0
Source files (3)
- NCES CCD 2024 directory (Urban Institute) (accessed 2026-09-04)
- ACS 5-year 2020-2024 (accessed 2026-09-04)
- Oregon OSAS 2024-25 school-level results (accessed 2026-09-04)
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