Summary:
Lyons, Oregon has just one public school in this dataset: Mari-Linn School, an elementary school serving grades K–8 with 158 students in the North Santiam School District 29J, which ranks 77th of 141 Oregon districts (45th percentile, 2 stars). The area summary lists 1 elementary, 0 middle, 0 high, and 0 alternative schools, so Mari-Linn is the only listed public option in the city; because it stops at 8th grade, local students go elsewhere for high school.
Mari-Linn is improving but still below average. Its state rank rose from 590th of 710 schools in 2023–2024 (17th percentile, 1 star) to 478th of 709 in 2025–2026 (33rd percentile, 2 stars). Yet in all-grade 2025–2026 OSAS results it trails both district and state: English Language Arts at 34.5% (district 41.6%, state 43.8%), math at 21.2% (district 28.9%, state 32.9%), and science at 22.2% (district 27.7%, state 30.6%). Math is the clearest weak point; 5th grade math is reported as under 5% proficient, against 21.5% district and 32.4% state, and 8th grade math is 12.5%. Early grades also lag: 3rd grade sits at 13.6% in both ELA and math.
Results vary sharply by grade, with real bright spots. 4th grade ELA is 52.2% proficient, above the district (47.1%) and state (43.5%), and 7th grade ELA is 45%, essentially at the state’s 45.3%. 6th grade math is 30%, slightly above district and state. Context matters: chronic absenteeism is 35.8%, above the district (35.3%) and state (33.5%), 65.19% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $21,005, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. With only 158 students across K–8, grade-level percentages can swing widely from year to year.
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