Summary:
Six elementary schools serve grades K–5 in the Newberg and Dundee area of Oregon as part of Newberg School District 29J, together enrolling 1,682 students in buildings that range from 172 to 426 children — and the district as a whole ranks 20th of 141 Oregon districts (86th percentile, 4 stars).
Within this group, Ewing Young Elementary School stands clearly apart: 32nd of 709 Oregon elementary schools (95th percentile, 5 stars), with 74.6% ELA, 70.0% math and 59.3% science proficiency, plus the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group (11.4%) — even though it spends the least per student ($18,819) and runs the largest classes (19.7:1). Antonia Crater Elementary School (80th percentile, 4 stars) is the steadiest performer and has the strongest science score outside Ewing Young (44.0%), while Mabel Rush Elementary School is the only school on a three-year upward trend (64th → 71st → 74th percentile, 4 stars). Dundee Elementary School also earns 4 stars. Every school beats the state average in ELA and math, every school's absenteeism sits below both the district and state rates, and all six rank in the top 42% of Oregon elementary schools.
The two schools to watch are Edwards Elementary School — the largest (426 students) but lowest-ranked (58th percentile, 3 stars), with 3rd grade math at 34.6%, below the state's 41.3% — and Joan Austin Elementary School, which slipped back to 3 stars and carries the widest ELA–math gap in the group (−10 points), the highest absenteeism (25.4%), and 5th grade math at 25.0%, well below the state. Across the district, science is the shared soft spot, and absenteeism tracks achievement more closely than any other measure.
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