Summary:
Forest Grove School District 15 includes seven elementary schools serving 2,191 students, most in K–4 or PK–4 grades, with Echo Shaw covering PK–6 and Forest Grove Community School serving grades 1–8. Enrollment runs from 201 at Dilley Elementary School to 390 at Harvey Clarke Elementary School. The district overall ranks 102nd of 141 Oregon districts (28th percentile, 1 star), but its individual schools vary far more than that single rating suggests — one sits near the top of the state while another is in the bottom 5%.
Dilley Elementary School is the academic standout: 4 stars for three straight years, reaching the 83rd percentile in 2025–2026, with 55.9% proficiency in ELA and 61.0% in math — well above the district (33.1% and 22.0%) and the state (43.8% and 32.9%). Forest Grove Community School is a different case: very low chronic absenteeism (15.7%), much lower free/reduced lunch (31.68%), unusually low per-student spending ($5,860), and a grade span that includes middle school, so its results are not directly comparable to the K–4 schools. Joseph Gale Elementary School is the most improved, moving from the 9th to 13th to 23rd percentile, with math at 33.8%.
On the other end, Cornelius Elementary School ranks lowest (4th percentile, 0 stars; ELA 17.8%, math 16.7%), followed by Echo Shaw Elementary School (9th percentile, 0 stars; ELA 20.4%) and Fern Hill Elementary School (10th percentile, highest absenteeism at 38.5%). Harvey Clarke Elementary School is mixed — 41st percentile, with math above the district at 33.7%, but a volatile trend. Notably, spending and class size do not track simply with outcomes: Joseph Gale has the highest spending ($23,584) with low ELA, while Dilley has the lowest among the traditional schools ($19,269) with the best results.
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