Summary:
Zip code 97101 has exactly one public elementary school, Amity Elementary School, serving grades K–5 in Amity, Oregon, with 320 students in the Amity School District 4J.
Because it is the only elementary school in the area, all local elementary analysis centers on this school. Its most striking positive trend is its state ranking: it moved from 565 of 710 schools and 1 star in 2023–2024 to 423 of 706 and 2 stars in 2024–2025, then to 319 of 709, the 55th percentile, and 3 stars in 2025–2026. Math and science are strengths: all-grade math proficiency is 41.7% versus 32.9% statewide, and science is 34.8% versus 30.6% statewide. Fourth-grade math is especially strong at 49.1% versus 38.9% statewide. English language arts is the main academic concern: 40.4% proficient versus 43.8% statewide, with the largest gap in 5th grade ELA at 41.3% versus 47.1%. Fifth-grade math is also slightly below state, 30.4% versus 32.4%. Chronic absenteeism is 23.7%, better than the district’s 25.6% and the state’s 33.5%, though nearly one in four students is still chronically absent.
For parents, the key takeaway is that Amity Elementary serves a high-poverty community, with 64.69% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, and it posts above-state results in math and science plus better-than-state attendance. The district overall ranks 93 of 141 districts, at the 34th percentile with 2 stars, while the school now ranks in the 55th percentile with 3 stars. Per-student spending is $17,622, and the student-teacher ratio is 18.1. The main area to watch is ELA, especially in 5th grade, and the 5th-grade math dip. Test scores are from 2025–2026, while absenteeism, lunch, spending, and staffing are from 2024–2025, so the academic and contextual pictures are close but not perfectly aligned.
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