Summary:
ZIP code 97080 covers 13 schools — eight elementary, three middle, and two high schools — serving 6,826 students, most of them in Gresham-Barlow School District 10J, with two elementary schools in Centennial School District 28J, in an area where poverty indicators run high: free and reduced lunch averages 84.75% and no school falls below 81%.
Only four schools rank at or above the 50th percentile. East Orient Elementary School is the strongest overall, with the ZIP's highest ELA proficiency (56.0%) and math (37.8%) plus the lowest chronic absenteeism (26.0%). Pleasant Valley Elementary School posts the top elementary math and science scores (42.7% and 36.1%) despite 95.73% free/reduced lunch and the highest per-student spending ($21,799). Sam Barlow High School (54.7% ELA, 89.4% graduation) and Springwater Trail High School (92.0% graduation, 38.1% science) both beat the state in ELA, science, and graduation. West Orient Middle School is the best middle school yet still trails the state in every subject, and Butler Creek Elementary School lands near state averages in ELA and math despite 97.45% free/reduced lunch.
Nine schools sit below the 50th percentile. Hollydale Elementary School (9th percentile) and Gordon Russell Middle School (10th percentile) rank lowest. Kelly Creek Elementary School has the ZIP's lowest science score (6.0%) and Dexter McCarty Middle School 7.7%. Math is the clear systemic weakness — only East Orient and Pleasant Valley beat the state's 32.9% — and all three middle schools fall below state in ELA, math, and science. High school attendance is a serious problem: 43.0% chronic absenteeism at Sam Barlow and 50.3% at Springwater Trail, against 33.5% statewide.
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