North Marion Intermediate School

North Marion Intermediate School is a grades 3–5 school serving 345 students at 20237 Grim Rd NE in Aurora, Oregon, part of North Marion School District 15 just north of Woodburn. Statewide, it ranked 589th of 709 Oregon elementary schools in 2025–2026 (17th percentile, 1 star), and it has never risen above the 28th percentile in ten years of rankings; its district ranks 133rd of 141. About 86.67% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25, though a 30-point single-year jump points to a change in meal-program reporting rather than a demographic shift.

Attendance is the clearest strength: chronic absenteeism was 30.2% in 2024–25, better than both the district and the state (33.5% each) and down 8.8 points since 2021–22. Academically, proficiency trails the state in every subject — 30.4% in English language arts, 21.3% in math, and 19.3% in science — but the school outperforms its own district in math and science. Reading proficiency rises across the grades served (28.7% in 3rd to 33.0% in 5th), while math drops to 14.8% by 5th grade, the largest gap in the data. English language learner results have fallen to the 5th percentile statewide.

Nearby comparisons are revealing. Ninety-One School in Canby reaches the 70th percentile while spending $1,729 less per student and running larger classes, and Woodburn Arthur Academy posts higher science proficiency on $9,225 per student. The three Woodburn School District 103 elementaries spend more than North Marion yet rank near the bottom of the state, while North Marion's ELA proficiency is more than double each of theirs despite higher poverty. Its own feeder, North Marion Primary School, serves the same community with identical absenteeism but receives $3,856 more per student. More spending alone has not translated into results here.