The top reported proficiency rate is 40% in Math. The lowest is 35% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Annex Sd 29
Annex SD 29 is a small, rural district in Malheur County serving a single campus, Annex Charter School, from pre-kindergarten through grade eleven. The district does not currently serve a twelfth grade, a fact that families with high school seniors should investigate; the district’s own website and the state’s educational options may clarify how students complete their final year. The total enrollment is small, and the student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic minority, about a quarter of the student population. No data was available for the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, nor for the share receiving special education services or classified as English learners, so a full picture of the student support context is absent from the record.
State assessment results for the most recent year are available for some grades but carry gaps that make a complete evaluation difficult. In third-grade math, about a third of students met proficiency; in fourth-grade math, about a quarter did. Seventh-grade math showed a notably higher share of students proficient, just over half. In English language arts, third-grade proficiency was low, around one in eight students, while fourth-grade ELA was higher, near the midrange. Seventh-grade ELA matched its math result, with just over half of students proficient. Results for grades five, six, and eight were suppressed or missing, likely because the tested populations in those grades were too small to report publicly. Science results for fifth and eighth grade were similarly suppressed or absent. When all available test results are combined into a single proficiency index and placed against the other districts in Malheur County, Annex SD 29 sits below the midpoint. The data gives a mixed picture with some grade-level bright spots and some early elementary soft spots that a parent may want to discuss with the school directly.
The district’s chronic absenteeism rate, a measure of how often students miss a substantial number of school days, falls in the top quartile among the county’s districts, meaning the rate is lower than most of its neighbors. That is a positive indicator for school engagement. Per-pupil current spending is in the middle-to-upper half of the county range, suggesting the district is not at either extreme in its financial commitment per student. A graduation rate is not reported, consistent with the fact that the district does not serve a twelfth grade.
Annex Charter School itself is a public charter school, the only school in the district. According to publicly reported information, it has launched a tuition-free virtual learning program as an alternative for families, described as a lasting option for grades kindergarten through eight. This gives parents a choice between in-person and online instruction within the district, a feature that is relatively uncommon in a district this size. No further details about the timing of the launch or the curriculum specifics were available beyond what the district’s website says.
Housing values in the area the district covers vary. The weighted estimate of typical home values across the relevant ZIP codes is below the statewide Oregon benchmark, which itself has shown a slight year-over-year decline. The national benchmark is lower still. Among the ZIP codes that feed into the district, values range from more modest to higher, depending on location, with the town of Ontario representing the largest weight in the estimate. The implied housing affordability picture, using national income and mortgage rate figures, suggests that homeownership is within reach for a typical household, though local income data was not available to make a precise comparison.
The district’s size means that academic offerings and extracurricular breadth are likely limited compared to larger districts. The program data section was empty, so the full catalog of course options, Advanced Placement, career-technical education, or dual-credit pathways is unknown from the available information. The small enrollment also means that cohort sizes in each grade are small, which can be a benefit for individualized attention but may limit peer group variety. Families considering this district will want to ask directly about the secondary pathway, given the absence of a twelfth grade, and about the range of academic and enrichment offerings available across this single-school system.
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