Summary:
ZIP code 97114 in Dayton, Oregon is served by a single elementary school, Dayton Grade School, which teaches grades K–5 to 320 students as part of Dayton School District 8.
Because there is only one elementary school in this ZIP code, there are no local school-to-school comparisons to make — the useful benchmarks are the district and the state. On test scores, the school beats its own district in reading and math across all grades but still trails Oregon overall. Reading proficiency is 32.5% school-wide versus 30.3% in the district and 43.8% statewide, and it improves by grade, rising from 27.3% in 3rd grade to 32.1% in 4th and 40% in 5th. Math is the weaker subject: 23.7% proficient school-wide versus 17.6% in the district and 32.9% statewide, with 5th grade math the lowest result at 18%. Science is the school's strongest area relative to the state — 30% proficient in all grades and in 5th grade, essentially matching Oregon's 30.6% and 30.8%. One bright spot is attendance: chronic absenteeism is 27.3% at the school, notably lower than the district's 34.2% and the state's 33.5%.
Families should also know that the school's state ranking has moved around — from the 15th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 33rd in 2024–2025, then back to the 25th percentile (531st of 709, 1 star) in 2025–2026. The district as a whole ranks 116th of 141, or the 18th percentile, also 1 star. Per-student spending is $23,129, and the student-teacher ratio is 15.3:1, about 21 teachers at this enrollment. The reported free/reduced-lunch figure of 117.81% is not a valid percentage and appears to be a data error, so it should not be used to judge the school's student population. At the grade levels tested, the district figures match the school's exactly, meaning the state is the only independent comparison available.
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