Summary:
The two schools in ZIP code 96088 are Black Butte Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 5, and Black Butte Junior High, serving grades 6–8; both are part of Black Butte Union Elementary. In 2025–26, the schools’ average proficiency was 13% in ELA, 11% in math and 15% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important finding is that both schools were well below state results in all three subjects.
The schools’ all-grades results were close to each other, with no consistent leader across subjects. Black Butte Junior High led in ELA, with 14% proficient versus 13% at Black Butte Elementary; elementary led in math, 11% to 10%, and science, 17% to 13%. At grade level, elementary grade 5 was its strongest in ELA and math, while junior high grade 6 was highest in both subjects at that school. Grade 8 was junior high’s lowest in both: 10% in ELA and 3% in math. Math was the strongest subject relative to the state overall, though still well below it.
Scores fell in all three subjects at both schools between 2024–25 and 2025–26, while state results rose. The two-school average fell 16 percentage points in ELA, 8 in math and 8 in science; SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also dropped, from the 25th to the 4th percentile for elementary and from the 23rd to the 5th for junior high. SchoolDigger rated both schools 0 stars and the district at the 1st percentile. As context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligibility was 74% at elementary and 67% at junior high; student-teacher ratios were 16.7 and 15.8. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–26 was 33% and 31%, respectively, versus 18% statewide. These measures describe differences between the schools but do not explain their test results.
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