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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 97132


At a glance
5
Schools
1,466
Students
1
5-star school
Top rankedEwing Young Elementary School32nd of 709 Oregon elementary schools
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Biggest riser
Edwards Elementary School up 29 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Joan Austin Elementary School 13.4 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
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Summary:

Elementary schools in ZIP code 97132 — Newberg, Oregon — are five K–5 schools serving 1,466 students in Newberg School District 29J, a district that ranks 20th of 141 in Oregon (86th percentile, 4 stars). Enrollment ranges from 172 students at Ewing Young Elementary School to 426 at Edwards Elementary School, so no two schools here look alike.

Ewing Young Elementary School is the clear standout, ranking 32nd of 709 Oregon schools (95th percentile, 5 stars) while posting the highest score in every reported test category — ELA 74.6%, math 70.0%, science 59.3% — and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 11.4%. Antonia Crater Elementary School is a strong second (144th of 709, 4 stars; science 44.0%), and Mabel Rush Elementary School is improving, climbing from 259th to 183rd over three years and rising from 3 to 4 stars. Joan Austin Elementary School (256th) and Edwards Elementary School (298th) are both 3-star schools.

For families comparing options: every school here has chronic absenteeism below the district's 29.4% and the state's 33.5%. Free/reduced lunch ranges from 48.81% at Antonia Crater to 75.12% at Edwards, and outcomes do not track neatly with money or class size — Ewing Young has the lowest per-student spending ($18,819) and highest student-teacher ratio (19.7) yet the best results, while Joan Austin has the highest spending ($23,085) and smallest classes (13.4) with lower math and science. Science is a relative weak spot at several schools.

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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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