Summary:
Zip code 97064 is home to exactly one elementary school: Vernonia Elementary School, part of Vernonia School District 47J. It serves 206 students in grades K–5 at 1000 Missouri Ave. Because there is only one elementary school in the area, there are no local school-to-school comparisons to make; the most useful benchmarks are the school's own district and the state of Oregon.
Academically, results are mixed. Third grade English language arts is the strongest showing, at 45.9% proficient, above both the district (43.9%) and the state (41.5%), and third grade math (37.8%) edges out the district (36.6%). All-grades math, at 24.7%, also beats the district's 19.4% but trails the state's 32.9%. However, ELA across all grades (38.4%) falls below the district (45.1%) and the state (43.8%). Fifth grade is the biggest concern: 20.8% proficient in ELA versus 32.1% district and 47.1% state, 13% in math versus 18.5% district and 32.4% state, and just 8% in science versus 10.3% district and 30.8% state. Fourth grade math (18.9%) also lags both benchmarks.
Beyond test scores, 41.4% of students were chronically absent in 2024–2025 — better than the district's 44.3% but well above the state's 33.5%. About 71.84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and per-student spending is $22,601 with a 12.2:1 student-teacher ratio. The school ranked 505th of 709 schools (29th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026, an improvement from the 19th percentile the year before, though still below the district's 44th percentile. With only 206 students, grade-level percentages can shift easily from year to year.
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