Summary:
Oregon City School District 62 serves elementary families through seven schools — six K–5 schools plus the K–8 Springwater Environmental Sciences School — enrolling 3,019 students in total, with individual schools ranging from 203 to 585 students. The district overall ranks 35th of 141 Oregon districts (75th percentile, 4 stars). District all-grade benchmarks are 45.5% proficient in English Language Arts, 33.5% in Math, 32.5% in Science, and 29.6% chronic absenteeism; state benchmarks are 43.8%, 32.9%, 30.6%, and 33.5%.
Two schools stand out. John McLoughlin Elementary School is the strongest traditional K–5 school, scoring 55.9 ELA, 51.0 Math, and 38.1 Science — all above district and state averages — with the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group (16.2%), the lowest K–5 per-student spending ($16,457), and 4 stars in all three rank-history years (161 of 709, 77th percentile). Springwater Environmental Sciences School is the highest-ranked school overall (114 of 709, 84th percentile, 4 stars), with 61.9 ELA, 55.9 Math, and 65.0 Science, the smallest enrollment (203), the lowest student-teacher ratio (18.7), and by far the lowest spending ($6,490). Its chronic absenteeism (31.3%) is above the district average, and its free/reduced-lunch figure is unknown.
Elsewhere, Candy Lane Elementary School has the lowest ELA (33.3) and Math (26.5) but Science above district and state (33.9) and the highest student-teacher ratio (28.3). Holcomb Elementary School has the highest chronic absenteeism (33.3%) and mostly below-average scores. Redland Elementary School posts the lowest Science (24.4) yet steady rank gains (23rd to 45th percentile); Beavercreek Elementary School (42nd to 50th) and Gaffney Lane Elementary School (36th to 49th, highest spending at $19,703) also improved. The six K–5 schools have nearly identical free/reduced-lunch rates (54.11%–54.59%), and neither spending nor student-teacher ratios track neatly with outcomes.
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