Best Public Schools in Zip Code 97021

Zip code 97021 is home to a single public school: Dufur School, an alternative school serving grades K–12 with 352 students, part of Dufur School District 29. Because it is the only school in its district, the school's results and the district's results are identical in every metric. For families, that means there is no other local public school to compare against—this one school covers the entire K–12 span in the area. Enrollment is 352, 66.19% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $29,929, and the student-teacher ratio is 17.1.

The strongest results are in graduation, attendance, and science. The graduation rate is 89.3% versus Oregon's 83.0%, and chronic absenteeism is 32.0%, slightly better than the state's 33.5%—though it still means nearly one in three students is chronically absent. Science proficiency across all grades is 32.4% versus 30.6% statewide, with 8th grade science at 40.9% (state: 27.7%) and 11th grade science at 39.1% (state: 33.8%). English Language Arts is above the state in 3rd, 4th, 8th, and 11th grades, but slightly below overall at 38% versus 43.8%.

Mathematics is the clearest challenge. All-grades math proficiency is 19.3% compared with 32.9% statewide, and every grade-level math score falls below the state benchmark. Fifth grade math is under 5% (state: 32.4%), and 7th grade math is 10.3% versus 33.3%. ELA also dips in the middle grades: 5th grade is 28% versus 47.1%, 6th grade is 37.1% versus 41.8%, and 7th grade ELA is 13.8% versus 45.3%. Together, the 5th–8th grade band stands out as the area needing the most targeted academic support.