Summary
West Sutherlin Intermediate is a grades 3–5 school serving 284 students in Sutherlin, Oregon, as part of Sutherlin School District 130. Statewide, the school ranked 625th of 709 schools in 2025–26 — the 12th percentile, or 1 star — while its district ranks 127th of 141 (10th percentile). This is not a one-year dip: the school ranked in the 67th percentile (3 stars) in 2016–17 and has been a 1-star school in each of the last four years. Among nearby schools it sits near the bottom, ahead of Yoncalla Elementary School (3rd percentile) but behind Glide Elementary School, Eastwood Elementary School, Fir Grove Elementary School, Oakland Elementary School, Hucrest Elementary School and Melrose Elementary School.
Test scores trail Oregon averages in every subject: 28.9% of students met the ELA standard (state: 43.8%), 18.5% in math (state: 32.9%) and 14.8% in science (state: 30.6%). Math is the clearest weakness: proficiency falls from 26.6% in 3rd grade to 18.1% in 4th and just 11.1% in 5th, where the state rate is 32.4%. Science is also weak at 14.8% in 5th grade versus 30.8% statewide, and it is below the district's own 21.2%. Among nearby schools, West outperforms Yoncalla in all three subjects and is roughly even with Winchester Elementary in ELA but lower in math and science. Melrose (64.7% ELA, 66% math) and Hucrest (58.5%, 51.3%) post far higher results.
West has a lower share of students from low-income families — 64.79% free/reduced lunch — than every nearby school with comparable data, yet several of those schools, including Melrose, Hucrest, Fir Grove and Oakland, post higher achievement. The school spends $16,562 per student, the lowest among nearby comparables, with a 16.1-to-1 student-teacher ratio; East Sutherlin Primary School spends about $21,050 with an 11-to-1 ratio. Chronic absenteeism jumped from 23.4% to 33.3%, close to the state average of 33.5%, and special education students improved from the 1st percentile in 2023–24 to the 24th in 2025–26 while still below average. Oakland Elementary, 3 miles away, shows 40.4% proficiency in ELA and math and 20.5% chronic absenteeism, a sign that stronger outcomes are possible nearby.
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