Three Rivers/Josephine County School District

Summary:

The Three Rivers/Josephine County School District in Oregon consists of 17 schools, including 9 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 5 high schools, serving students from preschool through 12th grade. The district as a whole is ranked 79 out of 140 in Oregon and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Several schools in the district stand out for their exceptional performance. Fruitdale Elementary School and Williams Elementary School consistently rank in the top 25% and 15% of Oregon elementary schools, respectively, with high proficiency rates in core subjects. Manzanita Elementary School and Applegate Elementary School also perform above the district and state averages, with Applegate showing significant improvement in recent years.

However, the district faces some challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 34.3%, which is significantly higher than the state average. The district's 11th-grade proficiency rates are generally lower than the state averages, particularly in Mathematics. Additionally, the schools in the district have a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 75% to 77%, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. Despite these challenges, the data suggests that with the right strategies and support, the overall performance of the district could be improved by learning from the successful practices of the standout schools.

District Detail

8550 New Hope Rd
Grants Pass, OR 97527-7911

(541) 862-3111

SchoolDigger Rank:
79^th of 140 Oregon districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 4,440

Primary Schools: 9
Middle Schools: 3
High Schools: 5
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				OSAS English Language Arts (2025)							OSAS Mathematics (2025)							OSAS Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 11th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	OSAS Mathematics 4th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 5th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 6th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 7th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 8th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 11th Grade	OSAS Science 5th Grade	OSAS Science 8th Grade	OSAS Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Applegate Elementary School	Public	K-8	14188 Hwy 238	Applegate	97530	Jackson County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 846-6280	92	7	13.1	97.8%	77 (83.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.5%)	64.8	209^th of 706 public elementary schools	70.4%		63.9	209^th of 710 public elementary schools	70.6%			36.4	62.5	70.0					27.3	37.5	36.4				43.8	40.0		$20,814	$3,926	$16,888
Evergreen Elementary School	Public	K-4	520 W River St	Cave Junction	97523	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 592-3136	378	20	18.9	101.1%	266 (70.4%)	1 (0.3%)	60 (15.9%)	5 (1.3%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.5%)	23.7	557^th of 706 public elementary schools	21.1%		30.1	494^th of 710 public elementary schools	30.4%	63	26.3	32.5						25.0	25.0									$18,391	$3,850	$14,541
Fleming Middle School	Public	6-8	6001 Monument Dr	Grants Pass	97526	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 476-8284	381	17	22.4	94.0%	298 (78.2%)	2 (0.5%)	44 (11.5%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.8%)	30.6	261^st of 368 public middle schools	29.1%		42.8	198^th of 371 public middle schools	46.6%	63				28.6	35.7	41.2					17.1	17.8	22.5			25.7		$18,925	$2,414	$16,511
Fruitdale Elementary School	Public	K-5	1560 Bill Baker Way	Grants Pass	97527	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 476-2276	225	15	15.0	100.0%	163 (72.4%)	2 (0.9%)	40 (17.8%)	4 (1.8%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.2%)	83	105^th of 706 public elementary schools	85.1%		74.6	147^th of 710 public elementary schools	79.3%	42	62.7	50.0	63.4					66.7	47.2	56.1					48.8			$20,425	$3,140	$17,285
Ft Vannoy Elementary School	Public	K-5	5250 Upper River Rd	Grants Pass	97526	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 479-4440	239	12	19.9	100.0%	194 (81.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (10.9%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.3%)	27.5	521^st of 706 public elementary schools	26.2%		15.1	640^th of 710 public elementary schools	9.9%	119	28.2	29.8	25.0					33.3	36.2	23.1					19.2			$19,089	$3,071	$16,019
Lincoln Savage Middle School	Public	6-8	8551 New Hope Rd	Grants Pass	97527	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 862-2171	283	16	17.6	90.8%	228 (80.6%)	2 (0.7%)	31 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	18 (6.4%)	42	191^st of 368 public middle schools	48.1%		39.9	210^th of 371 public middle schools	43.4%	19				37.5	62.5	30.7					18.4	27.3	16.2			30.3		$19,321	$2,427	$16,894
Lorna Byrne Middle School	Public	5-8	101 S Junction Ave	Cave Junction	97523	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 592-2163	349	12	29.0	90.5%	260 (74.5%)	3 (0.9%)	48 (13.8%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.6%)	45.1	182^nd of 368 public middle schools	50.5%		42.6	199^th of 371 public middle schools	46.4%	17			31.8	35.1	57.3	53.6				26.5	10.4	32.0	18.8		25.3	27.1		$19,239	$3,301	$15,938
Madrona Elementary School	Public	K-5	520 Detrick Dr	Grants Pass	97527	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 476-6624	281	15	19.0	98.9%	221 (78.6%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (11.4%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	23 (8.2%)	22.4	570^th of 706 public elementary schools	19.3%		26.9	525^th of 710 public elementary schools	26.1%	45	33.3	30.0	28.6					27.8	26.8	14.3					14.3			$18,624	$2,892	$15,732
Manzanita Elementary School	Public	K-5	310 San Francisco St	Grants Pass	97526	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 479-6433	342	20	17.1	99.4%	258 (75.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (13.7%)	3 (0.9%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.8%)	52.9	282^nd of 706 public elementary schools	60.1%		67.9	186^th of 710 public elementary schools	73.8%	96	43.9	47.1	46.9					36.4	44.1	40.6					23.4			$19,733	$3,125	$16,608
Williams Elementary School	Public	K-5	20691 Williams Hwy	Williams	97544	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 846-7224	77	3	25.6	124.7%	61 (79.2%)	1 (1.3%)	11 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.2%)	83.7	97^th of 706 public elementary schools	86.3%		80.6	112^th of 710 public elementary schools	84.2%	15	58.3		90.0					53.8		40.0					60.0			$19,687	$3,206	$16,482
Hidden Valley High School	Public	9-12	651 Murphy Creek Rd	Grants Pass	97527	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 862-2124	522	24	22.2	100.0%	421 (80.7%)	2 (0.4%)	62 (11.9%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.4%)	22.8	220^th of 270 public high schools	18.5%		53.2	104^th of 268 public high schools	61.2%	116							29.3							11.2			21.6	$19,334	$2,977	$16,358
Illinois Valley High School	Public	9-12	625 E. River St.	Cave Junction	97523	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 592-2116	291	16	18.1	97.9%	219 (75.3%)	1 (0.3%)	40 (13.7%)	3 (1.0%)	6 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (6.2%)	31.3	187^th of 270 public high schools	30.7%		60.4	88^th of 268 public high schools	67.2%	99							42.0										17.6	$20,964	$3,181	$17,783
North Valley High School	Public	9-12	6741 Monument Dr	Grants Pass	97526	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 479-3388	424	19	22.3	99.3%	339 (80.0%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (9.9%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.5%)	48.3	126^th of 270 public high schools	53.3%		61.5	84^th of 268 public high schools	68.7%	42							39.2							16.5			40.0	$21,484	$2,910	$18,574
Sunny Wolf Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	100 Ruth Ave	Wolf Creek	97497	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 866-2735	91	7	13.0	116.5%	78 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	2 (2.2%)	3 (3.3%)	43.9	363^rd of 706 public elementary schools	48.6%		37.8	419^th of 710 public elementary schools	41.0%	56	38.5	58.8	23.1					38.5	41.2						7.7			$9,092	$2,126	$6,967
Woodland Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	301 Murphy Creek Rd	Grants Pass	97527	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 846-4246	205	10	20.1	102.0%	179 (87.3%)	3 (1.5%)	11 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.9%)	13.2	650^th of 706 public elementary schools	7.9%		22.8	563^rd of 710 public elementary schools	20.7%	87	9.1	15.0	32.0	10.0	20.0	22.7		9.5	15.0	16.0	10.0	25.0	9.1		24.0	13.6		$9,092	$2,126	$6,967
Southern Oregon Success Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	345 Merlin Rd	Merlin	97532	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(541) 476-2524	213	5	42.6	96.7%	159 (74.6%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (12.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	21 (9.9%)								(n/a)							7.7									6.9		$9,092	$2,126	$6,967
Kalmiopsis Community Arts High School	Public, Charter	9-12	341 E Cottage Park Dr Ste 2	Cave Junction	97523	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(541) 630-4522	47	4	11.1		34 (72.3%)	1 (2.1%)	7 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (10.6%)	6.2	265^th of 270 public high schools	1.9%					(n/a)							16.7										7.7

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Medford School District 549C	5.67 mi	25	67^th
Rogue River School District 35	12.56 mi	4	69^th
Central Point School District 6	13.14 mi	9	80^th
Grants Pass School District 7	14.01 mi	11	46^th
ODE YCEP District	14.51 mi	9

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.

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