Best Public Schools in Zip Code 97055

ZIP code 97055 covers the Sandy, Oregon area, where all 10 local schools — 6 elementary, 3 middle, and 1 high school serving about 4,202 students — belong to Oregon Trail School District 46, a district rated 15th out of 141 in the state with 5 stars. Families here have a strong district overall, but the individual schools look quite different from one another, so it pays to compare them directly.

Oregon Trail Academy is the clear academic standout: 95th percentile and 5 stars among elementary schools, with all-grade proficiency of 74.8% in English language arts, 59.6% in math, and 57.9% in science — far above district and state averages — plus the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group at 15.6%. Among traditional schools, Boring Middle School (81st percentile, 4 stars) leads the middle schools behind solid ELA results, and Sandy Grade School (78th percentile, 4 stars) is strong in math and science despite reporting the highest valid free/reduced-lunch rate, 66.97%. Science is the weakest subject overall: five schools sit below the state's 30.6% average, with Naas Elementary School lowest at 17.2%. Math, by contrast, is above the state average at nearly every school except the high school.

Sandy High School is the biggest outlier: 1,420 students, the lowest test proficiency (28.6% ELA, 15.3% math, 21.2% science), the highest absenteeism at 42.4%, and the highest student/teacher ratio at 24.1 — yet a 96.3% graduation rate, well above the state's 83.0%. Notably, Firwood Elementary School, Kelso Elementary School, Welches Elementary School, Cedar Ridge Middle School, and Welches Middle School all fall in the middle ranges, and neither spending nor student/teacher ratios line up neatly with results. Welches Elementary's free/reduced-lunch figure is not reported, and Welches Middle's is an invalid value and should be disregarded.