Summary:
ZIP code 97030 in Gresham contains five elementary schools — four serving grades K–5 and one serving K–8 — with 1,851 students in total, all part of Gresham-Barlow School District 10J, a district ranked 114th of 141 Oregon districts (19th percentile, 1 star).
Gresham Arthur Academy is the clear standout: it ranks 94th of 709 Oregon schools (87th percentile, 4 stars) and is the only school here above both district and state averages in English language arts (75.3%), math (56.2%), and science (36.8%), with chronic absenteeism of just 10.1%. Notably, its free/reduced-lunch rate (81.55%) is nearly identical to the three higher-spending K–5 schools, so its results stand out even against schools serving similar student populations. Lupine Community Montessori Charter, the only K–8 school, also beats district averages in all three subjects (38.2% ELA, 25.0% math, 33.3% science), driven by strong middle-grade results such as 8th-grade ELA at 51.7% and 8th-grade science at 46.7%; its K–5 grades are more mixed. However, Lupine's rank slipped from 37th to 25th percentile, moving from 2 stars to 1 star.
The other three schools — North Gresham Elementary School, Highland Elementary School, and Hall Elementary School — all rank in the bottom 7% of the state with 0 stars. North Gresham, the largest at 584 students, leads this group in ELA (22.7%) and math (19.1%); Highland follows at 20.1% and 17.5%; Hall is lowest at 14.4% and 13.5%. Hall also has the highest per-student spending ($20,878), the lowest student-teacher ratio (14.8), and the highest chronic absenteeism (42.5%), while Arthur spends far less ($6,048) with the lowest absenteeism. Science is the weakest subject across these three schools, ranging from 10.1% to 13.8%, well below the district's 19.0% and the state's 30.6%.
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