Elementary Schools in Gravenstein Union Elementary

These two elementary schools in Gravenstein Union Elementary serve 501 students across grades 1–5: 464 attend Gravenstein Elementary (K–5), and 37 attend Gravenstein First (grade 1). The clearest finding is that Gravenstein Elementary’s 2025–2026 proficiency results were above state results in every reported subject: by 17 percentage points in ELA, 22 in math, and 27 in science.

Gravenstein Elementary stands out in the available test results: proficiency was 66% in ELA, 60% in math, and 63% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38%, and 36%, respectively. Science had the largest state advantage, while ELA had the highest school proficiency rate. There is no score-based basis to place Gravenstein First at the top or bottom: it has no reported test scores, so the supplied results do not support a fair school-to-school achievement ranking. Attendance offers one comparison: chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 12% at Gravenstein Elementary and 14% at Gravenstein First, both below the state’s 18%.

Recent score trends are mixed: Gravenstein Elementary’s math proficiency fell from 65% to 60% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, narrowing its state advantage by 7 points; science rose from 53% to 63%, widening its advantage by 7 points. ELA edged up from 65.7% to 66.4%, with its state advantage holding at about 17 points. Separately, SchoolDigger’s school ranking for Gravenstein Elementary declined from the 89th to the 84th percentile over those three reported years; SchoolDigger rates the district 4 stars and ranks it 101 out of 968. For context, the 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were 19.9 at Gravenstein Elementary and 17.6 at Gravenstein First; free/reduced lunch eligibility that year was 24% and 27%, respectively. Because the schools serve different grade spans and Gravenstein First has no test results, the available data cannot establish an achievement comparison between them.