Best Cities in Oregon for Schools

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Rank (of 195)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Lake Oswego	7	2	4	0	10	0.959	1
2^nd	West Linn	6	3	1	0	2	0.895	2
3^rd	Ashland	5	1	1	0	1	0.883	5	2
4^th	Sherwood	5	1	1	0	5	0.877	4
5^th	Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0.863	9	4
6^th	Sublimity	1	0	0	0	0	0.848	15	9
7^th	Adrian	1	0	1	0	0	0.827	3	4
8^th	Island City	1	0	0	0	0	0.817	11	3
9^th	Enterprise	2	0	1	0	1	0.806	25	16
10^th	North Plains	2	0	0	0	0	0.792	6	4
11^th	Boring	3	1	0	0	2	0.791	12	1
12^th	Welches	1	1	0	0	0	0.79	7	5
13^th	Applegate	1	0	0	0	0	0.78	49	36
14^th	Heppner	1	0	1	0	0	0.776	27	13
15^th	Nehalem	1	0	0	0	0	0.763	8	7
16^th	Vale	2	1	1	0	0	0.762	14	2
17^th	Turner	2	1	1	0	1	0.76	18	1
18^th	Jacksonville	2	0	0	0	0	0.757	17	1
19^th	Corvallis	9	2	2	0	5	0.754	20	1
20^th	Hubbard	1	0	0	0	0	0.753	23	3
21^st	Powell Butte	1	0	0	0	0	0.742	10	11
22^nd	Dundee	1	0	0	0	0	0.741	16	6
23^rd	Condon	1	0	1	0	0	0.736	94	71
24^th	Wilsonville	3	2	1	0	0	0.734	26	2
25^th	Keno	1	0	0	0	0	0.727	33	8
26^th	Happy Valley	5	1	2	0	2	0.723	19	7
27^th	Damascus	2	0	0	0	1	0.711	21	6
28^th	Sisters	1	1	1	0	1	0.708	50	22
29^th	Pilot Rock	1	0	1	0	0	0.7	92	63
30^th	Bandon	1	1	1	0	0	0.691	13	17
31^st	Waldport	1	1	1	0	1	0.685	83	52
32^nd	Merrill	1	0	1	0	0	0.684	78	46
33^rd	Cascade Locks	1	0	0	0	0	0.681	118	85
34^th	Bend	19	6	6	0	18	0.675	32	2
35^th	Silverton	8	1	1	0	0	0.667	29	6
36^th	Veneta	1	0	1	0	1	0.664	31	5
37^th	Nyssa	1	1	1	1	0	0.664	63	26
38^th	John Day	0	0	1	0	0	0.652	22	16
39^th	Saint Paul	1	0	1	0	1	0.651	35	4
40^th	Newberg	5	2	2	0	3	0.644	39	1
41^st	Portland	105	25	21	3	86	0.629	47	6
42^nd	Baker City	5	2	4	1	2	0.626	37	5
43^rd	Mulino	2	0	0	0	0	0.618	34	9
44^th	Oregon City	6	2	3	1	3	0.616	56	12
45^th	Prineville	5	1	3	2	2	0.614	69	24
46^th	Sandy	2	1	1	0	1	0.613	54	8
47^th	Tigard	8	2	2	1	6	0.613	53	6
48^th	Oakland	1	1	1	0	0	0.61	67	19
49^th	North Bend	3	1	1	1	1	0.597	52	3
50^th	Rockaway Beach	0	1	1	0	0	0.596	59	9
51^st	Lafayette	1	0	0	0	0	0.592	64	13
52^nd	McMinnville	5	2	1	0	4	0.591	42	10
53^rd	Philomath	2	1	1	2	1	0.59	55	2
54^th	Tualatin	4	1	2	0	4	0.59	71	17
55^th	Creswell	1	1	1	0	1	0.586	62	7
56^th	Beaverton	23	6	7	0	18	0.582	57	1
57^th	Sunriver	1	0	0	0	0	0.58	93	36
58^th	Weston	0	1	0	0	0	0.579	48	10
59^th	Tillamook	2	2	2	0	2	0.578	75	16
60^th	Eugene	30	10	11	3	23	0.575	61	1
61^st	Scappoose	1	2	1	1	1	0.574	36	25
62^nd	Hood River	3	2	1	0	3	0.57	51	11
63^rd	Mount Angel	2	1	1	0	1	0.565	72	9
64^th	Terrebonne	1	0	0	0	0	0.561	46	18
65^th	Athena	1	0	1	0	0	0.559	115	50
66^th	Monmouth	3	0	0	0	2	0.551	85	19
67^th	Malin	1	0	0	0	0	0.547	66	1
68^th	Crane	1	0	1	2	0	0.542	38	30
69^th	Hillsboro	19	4	5	3	8	0.532	68	1
70^th	Scio	2	1	1	2	0	0.532	41	29
71^st	Lebanon	7	1	1	0	1	0.529	88	17
72^nd	Clackamas	3	1	1	2	6	0.529	60	12
73^rd	Hermiston	6	2	1	0	2	0.524	73
74^th	Roseburg	9	2	3	1	6	0.516	79	5
75^th	Pleasant Hill	1	0	1	0	1	0.514	112	37
76^th	La Grande	2	1	2	0	4	0.511	113	37
77^th	Cottage Grove	3	1	2	1	2	0.502	82	5
78^th	Shady Cove	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	97	19
79^th	Mosier	1	0	0	0	0	0.498	104	25
80^th	Union	1	0	1	0	0	0.493	45	35
81^st	Wolf Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.486	110	29
82^nd	Elmira	1	1	1	0	0	0.484	43	39
83^rd	Yamhill	0	1	1	0	0	0.483	95	12
84^th	Junction City	2	1	1	0	1	0.482	131	47
85^th	Wallowa	1	1	1	0	0	0.48	30	55
86^th	Redmond	6	2	3	0	4	0.468	76	10
87^th	Gladstone	2	1	1	0	2	0.465	87
88^th	Albany	12	4	5	0	3	0.465	90	2
89^th	Lowell	2	0	1	1	0	0.457	74	15
90^th	Forest Grove	5	2	2	0	3	0.455	99	9
91^st	Mitchell	0	0	1	1	0	0.45	157	66
92^nd	Rogue River	1	0	1	2	0	0.445	119	27
93^rd	Grants Pass	11	4	6	0	4	0.443	81	12
94^th	Newport	2	2	1	0	0	0.441	89	5
95^th	Gaston	1	0	1	1	0	0.44	111	16
96^th	Beavercreek	1	0	0	0	0	0.439	106	10
97^th	Klamath Falls	10	3	5	1	6	0.439	117	20
98^th	Mill City	1	0	1	1	0	0.437	80	18
99^th	Banks	1	1	1	0	1	0.437	105	6
100^th	Estacada	2	1	1	0	0	0.436	133	33
101^st	Sweet Home	4	1	1	0	0	0.436	134	33
102^nd	Sheridan	1	0	1	1	1	0.435	142	40
103^rd	Garibaldi	1	0	0	0	0	0.429	40	63
104^th	Medford	15	4	3	1	7	0.427	101	3
105^th	Mount Hood Parkdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.426	65	40
106^th	Halsey	2	0	1	0	1	0.422	44	62
107^th	Foster	1	0	0	0	0	0.416	70	37
108^th	Astoria	3	1	2	0	0	0.415	146	38
109^th	Seaside	1	1	1	1	0	0.412	140	31
110^th	Sutherlin	2	1	2	0	1	0.411	141	31
111^th	Coos Bay	5	1	2	2	3	0.41	137	26
112^th	Marcola	1	0	1	0	0	0.408	148	36
113^th	Aloha	5	0	0	0	4	0.407	109	4
114^th	Florence	1	1	2	0	1	0.404	123	9
115^th	Springfield	12	4	5	0	3	0.399	129	14
116^th	Warrenton	1	1	2	1	1	0.398	136	20
117^th	Gold Beach	1	0	1	0	0	0.395	24	93
118^th	Central Point	6	1	3	0	3	0.393	121	3
119^th	Monroe	1	0	1	0	0	0.391	124	5
120^th	Gilchrist	1	0	1	0	0	0.39	165	45
121^st	Amity	1	1	1	1	0	0.386	130	9
122^nd	Dallas	3	1	1	1	1	0.383	102	20
123^rd	Elgin	1	0	1	0	0	0.382	160	37
124^th	Pendleton	4	1	3	1	1	0.382	96	28
125^th	Gervais	1	1	1	1	1	0.382	114	11
126^th	Talent	1	1	0	0	0	0.38	163	37
127^th	Ontario	6	1	1	1	2	0.38	126	1
128^th	Maupin	1	0	1	0	0	0.378	162	34
129^th	Canby	4	1	1	0	1	0.378	132	3
130^th	Clatskanie	2	0	1	0	1	0.376	98	32
131^st	Gold Hill	1	1	0	0	0	0.372	159	28
132^nd	Rainier	1	0	1	0	0	0.372	127	5
133^rd	Irrigon	1	1	1	1	0	0.369	156	23
134^th	Troutdale	3	1	1	1	1	0.368	122	12
135^th	Coquille	3	0	2	0	1	0.366	155	20
136^th	Molalla	3	1	1	0	1	0.36	116	20
137^th	Culver	1	1	1	0	0	0.359	77	60
138^th	Cloverdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.352	158	20
139^th	Lakeview	2	1	1	0	0	0.351	86	53
140^th	Saint Helens	3	1	2	1	1	0.349	164	24
141^st	Yoncalla	1	0	1	0	0	0.348	153	12
142^nd	Drain	1	0	1	0	0	0.344	84	58
143^rd	Milwaukie	12	2	4	0	5	0.341	139	4
144^th	Burns	1	0	2	1	0	0.339	128	16
145^th	Tangent	1	0	0	0	1	0.331	172	27
146^th	Myrtle Point	1	0	1	0	0	0.327	176	30
147^th	Glide	1	1	1	0	0	0.323	125	22
148^th	Salem	38	11	9	2	21	0.322	147	1
149^th	Scotts Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0.317	103	46
150^th	Canyonville	1	0	0	0	2	0.316	107	43
151^st	Columbia City	1	0	0	0	0	0.316	181	30
152^nd	Keizer	8	2	1	0	0	0.314	151	1
153^rd	Eagle Point	3	1	2	1	2	0.312	149	4
154^th	Stanfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.311	145	9
155^th	Oakridge	1	1	1	0	0	0.31	179	24
156^th	Gresham	13	4	6	1	3	0.296	144	12
157^th	Brookings	1	1	1	0	1	0.289	152	5
158^th	Lyons	1	0	0	0	0	0.286	161	3
159^th	Harrisburg	1	1	1	0	1	0.277	108	51
160^th	Port Orford	1	0	1	0	0	0.269	100	60
161^st	Canyon City	1	0	0	0	0	0.269	58	103
162^nd	Winston	2	1	1	0	0	0.263	135	27
163^rd	Cave Junction	1	1	2	0	2	0.261	91	72
164^th	Dorena	1	0	0	1	0	0.259	28	136
165^th	Stayton	1	1	1	1	1	0.257	120	45
166^th	Vernonia	1	1	1	0	0	0.249	166
167^th	Aurora	2	1	1	0	0	0.248	170	3
168^th	Aumsville	1	0	1	0	1	0.238	138	30
169^th	Bonanza	1	0	1	0	0	0.224	169
170^th	Chiloquin	2	0	1	0	0	0.208	143	27
171^st	Madras	4	1	2	0	0	0.197	173	2
172^nd	The Dalles	3	1	1	1	3	0.193	167	5
173^rd	Myrtle Creek	2	1	1	1	0	0.192	177	4
174^th	Phoenix	2	0	2	0	0	0.189	154	20
175^th	Dayton	1	1	1	0	1	0.18	184	9
176^th	Lincoln City	2	1	2	0	1	0.176	188	12
177^th	Milton Freewater	5	1	1	0	1	0.174	186	9
178^th	Jefferson	1	1	1	0	0	0.169	150	28
179^th	Riddle	1	0	1	0	0	0.148	178	1
180^th	Warm Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.147	196	16
181^st	Boardman	1	1	1	0	0	0.14	174	7
182^nd	Fairview	4	1	1	0	1	0.129	192	10
183^rd	La Pine	2	1	1	0	1	0.124	185	2
184^th	Independence	1	1	1	0	0	0.12	180	4
185^th	Umatilla	1	1	1	0	0	0.113	191	6
186^th	Colton	1	1	1	1	0	0.11	171	15
187^th	Powers	1	0	1	0	0	0.095	168	19
188^th	Willamina	1	1	1	0	0	0.088	189	1
189^th	White City	2	1	0	0	0	0.08	193	4
190^th	Toledo	1	1	1	1	0	0.079	187	3
191^st	Cornelius	3	0	0	0	2	0.071	190	1
191^st	Winchester	1	0	0	0	0	0.071	183	8
193^rd	Woodburn	5	2	3	0	2	0.069	194	1
194^th	Falls City	1	0	1	0	0	0.056	175	19
195^th	Hines	1	1	0	0	0	0.035	182	13

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Oregon Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 2, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Oregon Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Oregon Department of Education.
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