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Klamath County School District

The Klamath County School District is a public school district serving Klamath County, Oregon, United States.

It covers the majority of the county. Communities in the district include Bly, Bonanza, Chiloquin, Gilchrist, Keno, Malin, and Merrill. It also covers small portions of Klamath Falls and the majority of Altamont.

As of June 2008, the school district had 6,657 students enrolled. It is the state's largest school district geographically.

The board of trustees appoints a superintendent who is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the school district. As of 2008, the superintendent is Glen Szymoniak. A five-member elected board oversees district operations.

In the 2009 school year, the district had 318 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 5.2% of students in the district.

The district has 13 elementary schools, a special education school[citation needed], two middle schools, and six comprehensive high schools.

Bonanza Jr./Sr. High School serves grades 7–12 in the city of Bonanza, as well as the outlying communities of Sprague River, Dairy, Bly, Beatty, and Langell Valley, the Yonna and Poe valley areas, and the surrounding region. The school's bus drivers drive 520 miles a day, because the school's attendance area covers nearly 950 square miles, with students living as far as 55 miles from the school and having to travel on the school bus up to three hours a day. The school had 256 students in 2023–2024.

The school building also houses Bonanza Elementary School, serving K through 6th grade. Collectively the school is called Bonanza School, and the high school portion is known as Bonanza High School.

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