Summary:
Lebanon Community School District 9 serves 3,916 students across nine schools — seven elementary, one middle and one high school — and ranks 65 of 141 in Oregon (54th percentile, 3 stars). Proficiency is below the state in every tested subject: ELA 39.3 vs. 43.8, math 27.9 vs. 32.9, and science 21.4 vs. 30.6, with science the widest gap at 9.2 points. Chronic absenteeism is 41.1% district-wide vs. 33.5% statewide, but the graduation rate of 87.8% is above the state's 83.0%.
Sand Ridge Charter School is the clear academic outlier, scoring ELA 69.8, math 56.3 and science 47.1 — above the state by 26.0, 23.4 and 16.5 points — with 26.9% chronic absenteeism and 4 stars. Cascades School has the strongest math among non-charter elementaries (44.4) and improved from the 31st to the 54th percentile. Lacomb School has the district's lowest absenteeism (25.5%) and mid-range academics, while Riverview School is steady at the 48th percentile with math (34.2) above both district and state.
The biggest concerns are Green Acres School, which posts the district's lowest scores — ELA 26.5, math 18.4, science 9.1 — and fell from the 28th to the 9th percentile with 0 stars; Seven Oak Middle School, at math 15.2 with 45.7% absenteeism and a decline to the 19th percentile; and Lebanon High School, below state in all three subjects with the district's highest absenteeism (48.6%), yet a graduation rate above state. Notably, spending does not track simply with outcomes: Lacomb spends the most ($22,764) with mid-to-low proficiency, while Sand Ridge spends far less ($4,820) with the highest proficiency. Grade-level results swing widely and should be read with caution.
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