Summary:
ZIP code 97086 in Happy Valley, Oregon contains six public schools — five K–5 elementaries, one middle school and one high school — all within North Clackamas School District 12, together serving about 3,288 students. Happy Valley Middle School is by far the largest campus at 1,158 students, the five elementaries enroll 1,825 combined, and Clackamas Middle College serves 305 students in grades 9–12.
The headline standout is Clackamas Middle College, ranked 20th of 271 Oregon high schools (93rd percentile, 5 stars), with a 97.4% graduation rate and the ZIP's lowest chronic absenteeism at 11.1%. It is a specialized middle-college model, though, with an unusual 41.2 student-teacher ratio, so comparisons to conventional schools need caution. Among the comprehensive K–8 schools, Happy Valley Elementary School is strongest and improving, leading the group in ELA (64.3%), math (57.4%) and science (48.2%). Scouters Mountain Elementary is close behind in ELA (59.1%) and math (54.2%) but has slipped from the 91st to the 81st percentile. Mount Scott Elementary School has the weakest ELA (44.9%) and math (35.8%) and the steepest three-year decline (69th to 55th percentile).
Every school beats the district in math and five of six beat it in ELA, and all six have lower chronic absenteeism than the district (30.5%) and state (33.5%). Science is the shared weak spot — Happy Valley Middle School's 28.0% is the only figure below both district and state. Spending does not explain results: Mount Scott spends the most ($22,814) with the lowest scores, while Happy Valley Elementary spends among the least ($19,256) with the best. Free/reduced-lunch rates are nearly identical (~58–59%) across all schools, so they don't differentiate them.
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