Summary:
ZIP code 97014 contains a single public school — Cascade Locks School — an elementary campus serving grades K–5 in the Hood River County School District with 65 students enrolled; because there are no middle, high, or alternative schools in this ZIP code, families must look beyond the immediate area for secondary education.
Within that data, English Language Arts is the standout. All-grade ELA proficiency is 54.8%, above the district's 47.1% and the state's 43.8% — 7.7 and 11.0 points higher, respectively. Fourth-grade ELA is 60%, versus 51% district and 43.5% state. Rankings improved from 2 stars / 40th percentile in 2023–2024 to 3 stars / 68th percentile in 2024–2025, then 3 stars / 50th percentile in 2025–2026 — still roughly 10 percentile points better than two years earlier, though the most recent year shows a dip.
Science is the clearest gap: proficiency is 23.1% at both the all-grade and 5th-grade levels, below the district (33.5% and 37.2%) and the state (30.6% and 30.8%). Math is mixed — 35.5% all-grade is above the state but 0.9 points below the district, while 4th-grade math (30%) and 5th-grade math (30.8%) fall below both benchmarks. The state suppressed 3rd-grade ELA and math scores, so those values are unknown. Chronic absenteeism is 32.8%, near the state's 33.5% but above the district's 29.0%. About 70.77% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, and per-student spending is $39,126 with a 7.5 student-teacher ratio — typical of a very small campus. With only 65 students, percentages can swing widely from year to year.
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