Summary:
Zip code 97027 contains two elementary-level schools, both part of Gladstone School District 115: John Wetten Elementary School, which serves grades 1–5 with 589 students, and Gladstone Center for Children and Families, which serves PK–K with 109 students. Together they enroll 698 students, and because their grade bands do not overlap, they work more like two stages of the same pipeline than direct competitors. The district as a whole ranks 83 of 141 in Oregon, at the 41st percentile with 2 stars.
John Wetten is the only school here with test scores and rank history, and its results are mixed. Math is a clear strength in 3rd grade (50.4% proficient, 9.1 points above the state), and all-grade math ties the state at 32.9%, 8.2 points above the district. Science also beats the state at 33.6%. But math falls off sharply in the upper grades: 29.8% in 4th grade and just 17.6% in 5th grade, 14.8 points below the state. ELA is 40.5% overall, 3.3 points below the state. Attendance is a bright spot — chronic absenteeism of 26.4% is lower than both district (31.3%) and state (33.5%) — though its rank has slipped from the 57th percentile in 2023–24 to 46th in 2025–26, with stars dropping from 3 to 2.
Gladstone Center serves a younger, higher-need population and has no test scores or rank on record. Its free/reduced lunch rate is 82.57%, about 20 points higher than John Wetten's 62.48%, and it spends $27,129 per student versus $19,548. Its student-teacher ratio is lower (14.1 vs. 16.7), but chronic absenteeism is higher at 34.6%, above the district and state. Families should weigh John Wetten's uneven academics and declining trend against the Center's strong early-childhood resources and attendance needs.
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