Summary:
ZIP code 97045 contains 12 schools — six elementary, two middle, three high and one alternative K–12 — serving about 6,706 students, with 11 of them in Oregon City School District 62 and one, Carus School, in Canby School District 86.
Academics vary enormously across the area. Springwater Environmental Sciences School is the standout, with proficiency of 61.9% in ELA, 55.9% in math and 65% in science — far above the state benchmarks of 43.8%, 32.9% and 30.6%. John McLoughlin Elementary School follows at 55.9% ELA and 51% math, with chronic absenteeism of only 16.2%, about half the state rate. Alliance Charter Academy posts 60.3% ELA and the lowest absenteeism in the group at 5.7%, though its 79.3% graduation rate trails both district and state. Among high schools, Oregon City Senior High School has the strongest graduation rate at 92.9%, well above the state's 83.0%, but its math is 25.6% and absenteeism is 38.9%.
Challenges cluster at the middle and high school levels and in alternative programs. Both middle schools and all three high schools fall below the state math average of 32.9%, while five of six elementary schools exceed it. Oregon City Service Learning Academy is the clearest outlier: under 5% proficiency in ELA, math and science, a 23.4% graduation rate and 77.3% chronic absenteeism. Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences fell from the 62nd to the 17th percentile in one year, with 11th-grade math under 5%. Redland Elementary School and Tumwata Middle School improved, reaching the 45th and 60th percentiles. Notably, spending does not track results: Springwater and Alliance each report $6,490 per student yet outperform the state in multiple areas.
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