Wasco County School District #29 View of Mount Hood from Dufur School, Dufur, OR (pop. 650) We are a K-12 district of approximately 325 students located in Wasco County, east of the Cascade Mountains and south of the Columbia River Gorge. We are 90 minutes east of Portland, and 15 miles south of The Dalles, Oregon. Dufur High School, 9-12 Dufur Elementary School, K-6 Dufur Middle School, 7-8 ...