Summary
Salish Ponds Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Fairview, Oregon, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 327 students. The school is part of the Reynolds School District 7, which is ranked 133 out of 140 districts in Oregon and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Salish Ponds Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of Oregon elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on state assessments in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. In 2024-2025, only 8.7% of 3rd graders, 18.6% of 4th graders, and 15.6% of 5th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 40.3%, 42.1%, and 46.7%, respectively. The school's performance in Mathematics is also very low, with only 15.6% of 3rd graders, 17.5% of 4th graders, and 10.9% of 5th graders proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 40.1%, 36.9%, and 31.3%. The school also has consistently high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 34.3% to 50.9% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state average.
Interestingly, the nearby schools within the Reynolds School District 7, such as Alder Elementary, Woodland Elementary, and Davis Elementary, also perform poorly on academic measures and have high rates of chronic absenteeism, similar to Salish Ponds Elementary. However, some nearby schools in the Gresham-Barlow School District, such as Highland Elementary and Lewis and Clark Montessori Charter School, perform better academically, with higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics.
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