Summary:
ZIP code 97048 covers Rainier, Oregon, where two public schools serve all grades from kindergarten through 12th grade: Hudson Park Elementary School (K–6, 423 students) and Rainier Junior/Senior High School (7–12, 366 students), together enrolling 789 students in Rainier School District 13. The district ranks 87th of 141 in Oregon, in the 38th percentile with 2 stars, and both schools serve a high-poverty population — 88.18% of Hudson Park students and 78.96% of the high school's students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Chronic absenteeism is a district-wide concern at 46.5%, well above the state's 33.5%.
Rainier Junior/Senior High School is the stronger of the two. Its all-grade science proficiency is 35.2%, above the district (29.4%) and the state (30.6%), and its 8th grade ELA score of 57.6% is far above the state's 41.5%. It also beats the district in all-grade ELA (36.1% vs. 33.8%) and math (22.9% vs. 20.9%). Still, the school has serious weaknesses: 7th grade ELA is only 8.9% versus the state's 45.3%, the graduation rate is 62.2% against the state's 83.0%, nearly half of students (48.6%) are chronically absent, and the school slipped from 3 stars and the 66th percentile to 2 stars and the 48th percentile.
Hudson Park Elementary School is the lower-performing school. Third grade ELA (44%) edges above the state's 41.5%, but results decline through the grades — ELA falls to 34.7% in 4th grade, 33.3% in 5th, and 20.6% in 6th, while math drops from 34.7% in 3rd grade to 12.5% in both 5th and 6th. Overall, the school trails the state in ELA (32.4% vs. 43.8%), math (19.7% vs. 32.9%), and science (20.0% vs. 30.6%), holds 1 star for the third year running at 555 of 709 schools (22nd percentile), and reports 44.7% chronic absenteeism. Math is a shared weakness across both schools, with neither reaching the state average.
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