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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 97116

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Schools

1,430

Students

Top rankedDilley Elementary School119^th of 709 Oregon elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Joseph Gale Elementary School up 74 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Fern Hill Elementary School 13.4 students per teacher

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Summary:

Zip code 97116 has five elementary schools — Harvey Clarke Elementary School, Joseph Gale Elementary School, Fern Hill Elementary School, Forest Grove Community School and Dilley Elementary School — all in Forest Grove School District 15, together enrolling about 1,430 students. Four serve pre-K or kindergarten through 4th grade, while Forest Grove Community spans grades 1–8, so its scores blend elementary and middle-school results. Every school record carries the same district label — 102 of 141 districts, 28th percentile, 1 star — but that label says little about individual schools, whose 2025–26 rankings range from the 10th to the 83rd percentile.

Dilley is the clear academic standout: 119 of 709 schools, 83rd percentile, 4 stars, and 4 stars in each of the last three years. Its proficiency beats both district and state in ELA (55.9% vs 33.1% district and 43.8% state) and math (61.0% vs 22.0% and 32.9%), with 3rd-grade math at 74.1% — and it does this with 81.09% of students on free/reduced lunch, among the highest here. Forest Grove Community School is the opposite outlier: only 31.68% free/reduced lunch and $5,860 per student, far below the other schools’ $19,269–$23,584, plus the lowest chronic absenteeism at 15.7%. It ranks 311 of 709 (56th percentile, 3 stars), with math at 35.2%, above district and state.

Harvey Clarke ranks 420 of 709 (41st percentile, 2 stars), up from 32nd percentile the year before but down from 63rd two years ago, with ELA at 39.0% and math at 33.7%, just above state. Joseph Gale ranks 543 of 709 (23rd percentile, 1 star) and is improving from a very low base, but shows an unusual split: math at 33.8%, above state, while ELA is 24.0%, below district. Fern Hill ranks lowest at 638 of 709 (10th percentile, 1 star), with the area’s highest chronic absenteeism at 38.5%. Spending and class size don’t track results simply here: Fern Hill has the smallest student/teacher ratio at 13.4 yet the lowest rank, while Dilley has a larger ratio of 17.1 and the strongest outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				OSAS English Language Arts (2026)							OSAS Mathematics (2026)							OSAS Science (2026)			Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts All Grades	OSAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	OSAS Mathematics 4th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 5th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 6th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 7th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 8th Grade	OSAS Mathematics All Grades	OSAS Science 5th Grade	OSAS Science 8th Grade	OSAS Science All Grades	Vaccination: Students (K-12) with all required vaccines	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Dilley Elementary School	Public	K-4	4115 SW Dilley Rd	Forest Grove	97116	Washington County	Forest Grove School District 15	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 359-2493	201	12	17.1	81.1%	151 (75.1%)	3 (1.5%)	20 (10.0%)	4 (2.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (10.4%)	79.1	119^th of 709 public elementary schools	83.2%		75	139^th of 706 public elementary schools	80.3%	20	59.3	53.1					55.9	74.1	50.0					61.0				94.1%	5.4%	$19,269	$848	$18,421
Harvey Clarke Elementary School	Public	K-4	2516 N B St	Forest Grove	97116	Washington County	Forest Grove School District 15	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 359-2478	390	24	16.1	80.0%	213 (54.6%)	7 (1.8%)	137 (35.1%)	7 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	23 (5.9%)	38.2	420^th of 709 public elementary schools	40.8%		31.7	480^th of 706 public elementary schools	32.0%	60	41.0	37.1					39.0	38.6	29.2					33.7				95.8%	3.4%	$20,428	$1,122	$19,305
Joseph Gale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	3130 18th Ave	Forest Grove	97116	Washington County	Forest Grove School District 15	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 359-2482	388	27	14.4	81.7%	129 (33.2%)	4 (1.0%)	243 (62.6%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	25	543^rd of 709 public elementary schools	23.4%		17.2	617^th of 706 public elementary schools	12.6%	74	25.9	21.5					24.0	38.8	27.7					33.8				92.2%	5.8%	$23,584	$1,122	$22,462
Fern Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	4445 Heather St	Forest Grove	97116	Washington County	Forest Grove School District 15	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 359-2550	249	19	13.4	80.3%	60 (24.1%)	6 (2.4%)	173 (69.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.2%)	15.5	638^th of 709 public elementary schools	10.0%		28.5	510^th of 706 public elementary schools	27.8%	128	22.9	25.0					24.0	25.0	21.3					23.2				96.2%	3%	$20,907	$1,092	$19,814
Forest Grove Community School	Public, Charter	1-8	1914 Pacific Avenue	Forest Grove	97116	Washington County	Forest Grove School District 15	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 359-4600	202	11	18.1	31.7%	134 (66.3%)	1 (0.5%)	37 (18.3%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	1 (0.5%)	23 (11.4%)	51.7	311^th of 709 public elementary schools	56.1%		64.6	210^th of 706 public elementary schools	70.3%	101	52.2	54.5	42.1	26.3	54.5	25.0	43.2	43.5	39.1	30.0	31.6	39.1	25.0	35.2	35.0	15.0	25.0	85.9%	14.1%	$5,860	$642	$5,219

Cities Near Zip Code 97116

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Forest Grove	0.35 mi	9	117^th
Cornelius	2.29 mi	3	193^rd
Hillsboro	5.44 mi	31	85^th
Gaston	6.2 mi	3	73^rd
Banks	6.2 mi	3	61^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.

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