Summary:
ZIP code 97068 — West Linn, Oregon — contains a single public high school: West Linn High School, which enrolls 1,809 students in grades 9–12 and belongs to the West Linn-Wilsonville School District 3J. With only one school in the area, there is no in-ZIP comparison to make, so the most meaningful frame is the school against its district and the state — and that comparison is a strong one. West Linn High School ranks 26th of 271 Oregon high schools (90th percentile, 5 stars), and its district ranks 7th of 141 districts (95th percentile, 5 stars).
Outcomes are the headline. The graduation rate is 98.6%, which is 15.6 points above the state's 83.0% and above even its own high-performing district's 97.5%. Proficiency is well above state averages too: English Language Arts at 69.5% (+25.7 points over the state), science at 53.7% (+23.1), and math at 39.9% (+7.0). At 11th grade specifically, the school also beats its district in every subject — ELA by 2.9 points, math by 3.2, and science by 8.4. The clearest soft spot is chronic absenteeism: 34.9%, which is 9.0 points worse than the district and 1.4 points above the state.
Two other patterns are worth knowing. First, the school's ELA–math gap (29.6 points) looks large, but it closely matches the district's 11th-grade gap (29.9 points) and is only somewhat wider than the state's (23.1 points) — high school math is a statewide pressure point, not a local anomaly. Second, results have been stable across three years (ranks 26, 36, 26), with a brief dip to 4 stars in 2024-25 that was recovered the following year. For context, 15.7% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $17,453, and the student-teacher ratio is 19.4:1.
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