Rainier School District 13

Rainier School District 13 is a small Oregon district serving about 789 students across two schools — Hudson Park Elementary School (grades K–6, 423 students) and Rainier Junior/Senior High School (grades 7–12, 366 students) — and it ranks 87th of 141 Oregon districts, in the 38th percentile with 2 stars.

Rainier Junior/Senior High School is the stronger school on test scores, beating the elementary school in all-grade ELA (36.1% vs. 32.4%), math (22.9% vs. 19.7%), and science (35.2% vs. 20%). Its science is above both the district (29.4%) and state (30.6%) averages, and its 8th grade ELA (57.6% vs. state 41.5%) and 8th grade science (35.6% vs. 27.7%) are bright spots. But it also has the district's highest chronic absenteeism at 48.6%, a graduation rate of 62.2% against a state average of 83.0%, and a 7th grade ELA proficiency of only 8.9% versus the state's 45.3%. Its rank slipped from 3 stars and the 66th percentile to 2 stars and the 48th percentile. Hudson Park Elementary School is moving the other way — from the 10th to the 22nd percentile — but remains a 1-star school. Its 3rd grade ELA (44%) is above the state's 41.5%, yet all-grade math is 19.7% and 5th and 6th grade math both sit at 12.5%.

For parents, the biggest shared concern is attendance: both schools are far above the state's 33.5% chronic absenteeism rate, and the district sits at 46.5%, roughly 13 points higher. Poverty is also high, with free/reduced lunch at 88.18% at the elementary school and 78.96% at the high school, which also has larger classes (19.2 students per teacher vs. 16.6) and lower per-student spending ($19,268 vs. $21,636).