Summary:
Zip code 97030 in Gresham is served by a single middle school, Clear Creek Middle School, which enrolls 584 students in grades 6 through 8 as part of the Gresham-Barlow School District 10J. Because there is only one middle school here, families have no in-area alternative to compare against; the comparison that matters is how this school stacks up against its district and the state.
On the 2025–2026 state tests, Clear Creek Middle School ranks 352nd of 371 Oregon middle schools — the bottom 5%, with a 0-star rating. It scores below both its district and the state on all ten reported test rows, with no exceptions. All-grades proficiency is 20.8% in English language arts, 10.5% in math, and 8.3% in science, compared with state rates of 43.8%, 32.9%, and 30.6%. Math is consistently weaker than ELA at every grade, and science is the lowest of all. The single largest gap is 8th-grade ELA at 13.3%, which is 28.2 points below the state. ELA also slides as students move up: 25.5% in 6th grade falls to 13.3% in 8th.
Context matters. Chronic absenteeism is 39.7% — slightly better than the district's 40.3% but above the state's 33.5%. About 82.53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending is $18,720, and the student-teacher ratio is 18.2. The Gresham-Barlow School District 10J itself ranks 114th of 141 statewide. Clear Creek has stayed in the bottom few percent for three straight years (349th, 356th, then 352nd), and with only one year of test data, no achievement trend can be confirmed.
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