Summary:
ZIP code 97113 in Cornelius, Oregon is home to three elementary schools — Echo Shaw Elementary School (PK–6), Free Orchards Elementary School (K–6), and Cornelius Elementary School (PK–4) — enrolling 1,146 students combined, with high poverty rates (70.91% to 82.26% free/reduced lunch) and very similar sizes (372 to 389 students).
Comparing them, Echo Shaw Elementary School posts the strongest results: it leads the group in all-grade English language arts (20.4%), math (18.1%), and science (17.3%), has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 14.3, and its 5th grade ELA score of 36% is the only tested result in the entire data set that beats its district average. Cornelius Elementary School has the best attendance (26.5% chronic absenteeism, 7.0 points below the state) and the highest 4th grade ELA and math results (23.3% and 21.1%), while spending the least per student ($19,930). Free Orchards Elementary School has the lowest poverty rate (70.91%), the highest per-student spending ($21,784), and the strongest district context — Hillsboro School District 1J — yet it has the weakest outcomes and the steepest decline, falling from the 11th percentile in 2023–24 to the 2nd percentile in 2025–26.
For parents, the biggest shared takeaway is that all three schools sit well below Oregon averages — the state's ELA average is 43.8%, math 32.9%, and science 30.6% — and all rank in the bottom 10% of Oregon elementary schools for 2025–2026. Attendance is a relative bright spot, with every school below both its district and the state in chronic absenteeism (28.9% average versus 33.5% statewide), though that advantage is not translating into top proficiency. Grade-level results also vary widely within schools — Echo Shaw's ELA ranges from 10.4% in 4th grade to 36% in 5th — so a single all-grade average can hide important differences. Note that Cornelius Elementary School serves only PK–4, so its overall scores are not directly comparable to the other two. Both Echo Shaw Elementary School and Cornelius Elementary School belong to Forest Grove School District 15, which ranks 102/141 (28th percentile, 1 star).
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