Summary:
Estacada, Oregon is served by four public schools in Estacada School District 108 — two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, with no alternative schools — enrolling a total of 1,957 students. Together, the two elementaries account for 939 students, or about 48% of the listed enrollment. Estacada High School enrolls 558 students, River Mill Elementary School 506, Estacada Middle School 460, and Clackamas River Elementary School 433. The district as a whole ranks 36th of 141 Oregon districts, at the 74th percentile with 4 stars, but that overall strength hides wide differences among its individual schools.
The elementary schools are the bright spots. Clackamas River Elementary has the highest all-grade English language arts proficiency (51.8%) and science proficiency (37.0%) in the city, plus the lowest chronic absenteeism (28.8%); it has also improved steadily, moving from the 35th to the 60th percentile and from 2 to 3 stars. River Mill Elementary leads in math (36.4%) and posts the strongest 3rd grade results (ELA 57.6%, math 50.6%), holding a stable 3-star rating at the 60th percentile.
By contrast, Estacada Middle School is 1-star and the lowest performing school in every subject — ELA 30.0%, math 20.8%, science 19.7% — with the city's highest chronic absenteeism at 35.1%. Estacada High School has a mixed profile: its graduation rate of 82.9% is essentially at the state average of 83.0%, and absenteeism (32.2%) is below district and state, but math proficiency is just 8.7%, the lowest in the group, even as it spends the most per student ($18,821) with the highest student-teacher ratio (24.2).
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