Summary:
ZIP code 97080 contains two public high schools serving grades 9–12, both in the Gresham-Barlow School District 10J: Sam Barlow High School with 1,635 students and Springwater Trail High School with 184 students, together enrolling 1,819 high schoolers. Both serve high-poverty populations, with free/reduced lunch rates of 81.53% and 84.24%. Both are rated 3 stars for 2025–2026, even though the district itself ranks 114th of 141 in Oregon (19th percentile, 1 star), suggesting these two high schools are performing better than the district's overall standing implies.
Sam Barlow High School is by far the larger school — roughly 8.9 times Springwater Trail's size — and posts the stronger English language arts and math results. Its ELA proficiency is 54.7%, above both Springwater Trail's 47.5% and the state's 43.8%, while its math proficiency of 20.7% beats Springwater Trail's 14.3% but remains below the state's 32.9%. Chronic absenteeism is 43.0%, lower than Springwater Trail's 50.3%, and its graduation rate is 89.4%. It has also climbed substantially in state rankings, from 182/268 (32nd percentile) in 2023–2024 to 110/271 (59th percentile) in 2025–2026.
Springwater Trail High School is a very small school with the higher graduation rate at 92.0%, stronger science proficiency (38.1% versus 33.0%, and above the state's 30.6%), much smaller classes (student-teacher ratio of 16.8 versus 25.2), and higher per-student spending ($21,258 versus $17,762, about 19.7% more). However, its chronic absenteeism of 50.3% is well above the state's 33.5%. At both schools, math is the clearest weak spot, with ELA-to-math gaps of roughly 34 points compared with about 11 points statewide. Both schools graduate students at rates above the district and state, but math proficiency and absenteeism remain the main concerns for families to weigh.
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