Summary:
Riddle, Oregon has just one elementary school: Riddle Elementary School, a K–6 campus serving 168 students in the Riddle School District 70. Because it is the only elementary school in the city, there are no in-city comparisons to weigh; the useful benchmarks are the school's own district and the state of Oregon overall. Families considering this school should balance its small size and favorable staffing against academic results that sit well below state averages.
On 2025–2026 OSAS testing, 22.9% of students were proficient in English Language Arts, 21.9% in mathematics, and 16% in science, compared with state averages of 43.8%, 32.9%, and 30.6%. Sixth grade is the clearest bright spot: math is essentially at the state average (29.6% versus 29.7%), and 6th grade ELA comes closest, at 37% versus 41.8%. The most urgent gap is early literacy — 3rd grade ELA is under 5% proficient, a figure the state reports only as a bound, against 41.5% statewide. Fifth grade science, at 16% versus 30.8%, is roughly half the state level.
The school ranks 574 of 709 Oregon elementary schools, in the 19th percentile with 1 star, and has held near that position for three years. Its district ranks 138 of 141. Chronic absenteeism is 31.1% — better than the state's 33.5% but higher than the district's 22.1%. Three-quarters of students (75%) qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $21,104, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.9.
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