Summary:
Elementary schools in Corvallis School District 509J include nine schools enrolling about 2,568 students, ranging from 107 at Inavale Community Partners dba Muddy Creek Charter School to 378 at Garfield Elementary School. Most serve K–5, but Franklin School serves K–8, so its all-grade results include middle-school grades, and Muddy Creek is a small charter where grade-level percentages can swing sharply. The district overall is strong, ranked 11th of 141 Oregon districts at the 92nd percentile with 5 stars.
Franklin School stands out most, ranking 25th of 709 schools at the 96th percentile with 5 stars, posting 79.4% ELA, 72.2% math and 61.5% science, plus the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group at 14.3%. Among K–5 schools, Bessie Coleman Elementary School leads at the 88th percentile with 4 stars and 60.0% ELA, 65.0% math and 50.9% science. Kathryn Jones Harrison Elementary School is also strong and balanced — 78th percentile, 4 stars, 53.4% ELA, 48.9% math, 51.1% science — with 19.7% absenteeism.
Results vary widely across the group. Garfield Elementary School, Lincoln Elementary School and Mt View Elementary School rank in the lower half statewide, while Letitia Carson Elementary School improved from 272nd to 196th. Science is polarizing: 71.4% at Muddy Creek, 61.5% at Franklin and near 51% at Harrison and Bessie Coleman, but 26.3% at Garfield, 26.9% at Letitia Carson and 22.7% at Lincoln and Mt View. Math is the bright spot, with the school average of 48.1% above the district's 43.6% and the state's 32.9%. Every school beats district (30.2%) and state (33.5%) chronic absenteeism.
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