Summary:
Keizer is home to 11 schools serving about 6,214 students in Salem-Keizer School District 24J — eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. The district itself ranks 105 of 141 in Oregon, at the 26th percentile with 1 star, so most Keizer schools are being measured against a district in the state's lower quartile.
Clear Lake Elementary School is the strongest all-around performer, exceeding the state in all three tested subjects (ELA 49.0% vs. 43.8%, math 41.9% vs. 32.9%, science 37.8% vs. 30.6%) and posting the group's lowest chronic absenteeism at 24.9%. Optimum Learning Environment Charter School has the highest proficiency rates (ELA 51.9%, math 45.5%), though its science score of 26.9% trails the state. Among middle schools, Whiteaker Middle School stands out at the 51st percentile with 3 stars, well above Claggett Creek Middle School (28th percentile, 1 star). McNary High School graduates 84.5% of students — above district and state — but has the group's highest absenteeism, 48.5%, and math proficiency of only 17.3%. At the other end, Weddle Elementary School, Keizer Elementary School, Kennedy Elementary School, and Cummings Elementary School post the lowest results.
Both middle schools are notably weak in science, at 17.0% and 17.3% versus the state's 30.6%. Among the nine schools with valid free/reduced lunch figures, rates run from 87.70% to 90.78%, indicating widespread poverty; Forest Ridge Elementary School's 137.17% is an invalid figure, and Optimum's is not reported. Spending runs from $17,785 at Gubser Elementary School to $25,704 at Forest Ridge, but higher spending and smaller classes do not track with better outcomes — Forest Ridge has the highest spending and lowest ratio yet a sharply declining rank.
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