Summary:
ZIP code 97089 covers Damascus, a Clackamas County community on the southeastern edge of the Portland metro area, and is home to two public schools serving 983 students: Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary (K–5, 506 students, in North Clackamas School District 12) and Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School (K–8, 477 students, in Gresham-Barlow School District 10J).
Academically, the two schools are nearly tied despite very different circumstances. Across all grades, both beat the state and their own districts in ELA, math and science, and their three-subject averages are essentially even: 41.5% at Deep Creek versus 41.4% at Cannady, against a state average of 35.8%. Deep Creek is stronger in ELA (50.5% vs. 45.2%), and its 8th grade ELA score of 60.4% is the highest grade-level result in the area, 18.9 points above the state. Cannady is stronger in math (44.1% vs. 41.4%) and science (34.9% vs. 32.7%). The districts themselves differ sharply — North Clackamas ranks at the 66th percentile statewide, Gresham-Barlow at the 19th — yet the schools rank 62nd and 59th, just three points apart.
Deep Creek posts those results with 82.4% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch versus 58.3% at Cannady, and with $18,347 in per-student spending versus $21,736. Cannady has lower chronic absenteeism (20.2% vs. 25.9%); both are well below the state's 33.5%. Cannady's weakest spot is 3rd grade ELA at 38.1%, below both its district and the state, while Deep Creek dips in 5th–6th grade but finishes strong in 7th–8th. Both schools have slipped in statewide ranking — Deep Creek from the 75th percentile and 4 stars to the 59th and 3 stars.
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