Summary:
Oregon Department of Education covers three elementary schools in the Portland and Salem areas: The Ivy School (PK–8, 273 students, Portland), The Cottonwood School of Civics and Science (K–8, 198 students, Portland), and Eagle Charter School (K–5, 150 students, Salem). Together they enroll 621 students, about 207 per school. The shared district context is strong — 13th of 141 districts, the 91st percentile, 5 district stars — but that describes the district, not each school. Individually, Eagle Charter earned 5 stars in 2025–2026, while Cottonwood and Ivy each earned 4.
Eagle Charter is the clear standout: it ranks 71st of 709 (90th percentile), with all-grade proficiency of 69.3% in ELA, 56.0% in math, and 64.0% in science, and chronic absenteeism of only 14.4%. It has also climbed steadily, from the 82nd percentile in 2023–2024 to 90th now. The Ivy School is a science story, at 59.4% ELA and 56.5% science — including 66.7% in 8th-grade science — with absenteeism of 25.2%, and its rank rebounded to the 72nd percentile. Cottonwood has the group's strongest ELA at 65.4%, with 80% in 6th grade and 75% in 7th, but 8th-grade science of 9.1% is a sharp outlier, absenteeism is 36.0%, and its rank slipped from the 89th to the 76th percentile.
All three schools beat the district and state all-grade averages in ELA, math, and science, a strong common signal. Chronic absenteeism varies widely, though: Eagle is 19.1 points below the state rate of 33.5%, Ivy is 8.3 points below, and Cottonwood is 2.5 points above. Grade-level results can swing sharply with small cohorts, and Cottonwood's 4th-grade ELA and math scores are suppressed by the state, leaving its picture incomplete; its free/reduced-lunch value is not reported. Eagle posts the highest free/reduced-lunch rate (64.67%) and student-teacher ratio (21.1) of the three while still leading on outcomes.
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