Summary:
There is exactly one elementary school in Rogue River School District 35: Rogue River Elementary School, a K–6 school at 300 Pine St in Rogue River, Oregon, serving 388 students — roughly 55 per grade. Because it is the district's only elementary, there are no in-district peer schools to compare it against; the useful comparisons are to the district as a whole and to Oregon statewide averages. One caution: the years don't line up, since test scores are from 2025-2026 while attendance, poverty, spending, and staffing figures are from 2024-2025.
The brightest spot is 4th grade English language arts, where 53.1% of students met the proficiency standard — about 9.6 points above the state's 43.5%, and the only one of nine grade-level subject results where the school beats Oregon. The school also outperforms its own district in all nine grade-level comparisons. Overall, however, results trail the state: all-grades ELA is 40.0% versus 43.8%, math 26.2% versus 32.9%, and science 21.9% versus 30.6%. The school's state ranking climbed from 564th of 710 schools (21st percentile, 1 star) in 2023-2024 to 452nd of 706 (36th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024-2025, then held nearly flat at 454th of 709 in 2025-2026.
The largest concern is attendance: 41.4% of students were chronically absent, compared with 31.5% in the district and 33.5% statewide — the biggest gap from benchmark anywhere in the data. Nearly all students, 93.04%, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Resources look comparatively favorable, at $20,192 spent per student and a 17.1 student-teacher ratio. Fifth grade is the weakest grade in ELA, math, and science, making it a clear target for investigation. Because grade cohorts are small, a single student can shift a grade's rate by 2–3 points, so grade-level differences deserve caution before drawing conclusions.
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