Best Public Schools in Zip Code 97124

Schools in zip code 97124 serve students from kindergarten through high school across 14 schools — nine elementary schools, two middle schools, two high schools, and one K–12 alternative school — all within Hillsboro School District 1J, which enrolls roughly 8,194 students in these buildings and ranks 69th of 141 Oregon districts with 3 stars. This is a high-poverty set of schools: among the 13 schools reporting free/reduced lunch, every one is above 67%, and the average is about 69.5%.

Jackson Elementary School and Paul L Patterson Elementary School are the academic standouts, ranking in the 92nd and 88th percentiles statewide. Jackson posts ELA 64.7%, math 59.9%, and science 49.1%; Patterson posts the zip's highest ELA at 69.0% and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 14.1%. Both have free/reduced lunch rates around 68–70%, showing poverty does not determine outcomes. Hillsboro Online Academy, the alternative K–12 school, also exceeds district averages in ELA (49.7%), math (37.5%), and science (48.1%), with an 88.4% graduation rate and the zip's lowest per-student spending at $16,928; its free/reduced lunch rate is not reported in the data.

At the other end, Eastwood Elementary School ranks 693 of 709, with ELA 14.7%, math 9.5%, and science under 5%, while Lincoln Street Elementary School sits at the 6th percentile with chronic absenteeism of 34.0%. Liberty High School has the zip's lowest math proficiency at 9.5% and highest absenteeism at 40.4%, while Glencoe High School has the highest graduation rate at 94.0%. Notably, higher spending and smaller classes do not track with higher achievement here.