Best High Schools in Zip Code 97045

ZIP code 97045 (Oregon City, Oregon) is home to three high schools — Oregon City Senior High School (grades 9–12), Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences (grades 6–12), and Oregon City Service Learning Academy (grades 9–12) — all part of Oregon City School District 62, which ranks 35th of 141 Oregon districts. Together they enroll about 2,380 students, with the comprehensive high school serving roughly 82% of that total.

The three schools produce very different results. Oregon City Senior High School is the academic anchor: a 92.9% graduation rate (above the district's 86.1% and the state's 83.0%) and ELA proficiency of 55.9%. Its math proficiency, 25.6%, falls below both district and state, and its chronic absenteeism of 38.9% is above the state's 33.5%. Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences has the group's lowest absenteeism (29.4%) and a 74.2% graduation rate, but its 11th-grade math is reported as under 5% and its 11th-grade science is 12.5%; its state rank fell from the 62nd to the 17th percentile in one year. Oregon City Service Learning Academy faces the steepest challenges: a 23.4% graduation rate, 77.3% chronic absenteeism, and every reported test score under 5% in ELA, math, and science.

A few things stand out for families. Free/reduced-lunch rates are nearly identical across the three schools (53.5%–58.6%), so the outcome gaps are not explained by economics alone. Math is the shared weak spot, and no school here beats the state in All Grades math except Clackamas Academy's 7th-grade results (37.1%). Grade spans also matter: because OSAS testing happens in 11th grade, "All Grades" figures are identical to 11th-grade figures at the two 9–12 schools, while Clackamas Academy's blend includes middle school — so compare with care. Finally, both small schools have volatile year-to-year rankings, and Service Learning Academy's most recent rank is from 2022–23.