Summary:
Hudson Park Elementary School is the only elementary school in Rainier School District 13, serving roughly 423 students in grades K–6. Because it is the district's sole elementary school, there are no in-district comparisons to make — every grade-level figure reported for the district is the school's own figure. The school ranks 555th of 709 Oregon elementary schools (22nd percentile), up from 598th (16th percentile) and 632nd (10th percentile) in the two prior years. That is genuine upward movement, but it remains in the state's bottom quartile, and the school has held a 1-star rating for three straight years while the district overall carries 2 stars.
Achievement trails Oregon in every subject. Across all grades, 32.4% of students met standards in English language arts versus 43.8% statewide, 19.7% in mathematics versus 32.9%, and 20% in science versus 30.6%. The clearest bright spot is 3rd grade ELA at 44%, above the state's 41.5%. But proficiency falls steadily by grade: ELA drops from 44% in 3rd to 34.7%, 33.3%, and 20.6% in 6th, while math falls from 34.7% to 22.4% and then 12.5% in both 5th and 6th. In both subjects, the gap with the state widens every year rather than closing.
Context matters when reading those numbers. About 88.18% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, the school spends $19,268 per student, and the student-teacher ratio is 19.2:1. Chronic absenteeism stands at 44.7% — 11.2 points worse than the state's 33.5%, though better than the district's own 46.5%. Families considering this school should weigh its real upward trajectory and its strong 3rd grade reading results against the sharp upper-grade decline, where math proficiency falls to roughly one student in eight.
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