Summary:
ZIP code 97137 is home to a single public high school: St Paul High School, located at 20449 Main St NE in Saint Paul, Oregon. It is an unusual school serving grades 7 through 12 in one building, with 146 students, and it is the only secondary provider in St Paul School District 45. Because there is just one school here, this is a profile rather than a comparison. Be aware that the school does not report a free/reduced-lunch percentage, that graduation, absenteeism, spending, and staffing figures cover only 2024-2025, and that test scores cover only 2025-2026.
The strongest result is completion: 100% of seniors graduated in 2024-2025, against 83% statewide. Chronic absenteeism is 28.9%, better than the state's 33.5% but above the district's 20.6%, which suggests the high school is where the district's absenteeism is concentrated. Middle-grades instruction looks solid — students beat the state in every subject tested, including 7th grade ELA at 64.3% proficient versus 45.3% statewide and 8th grade ELA at 61.9% versus 41.5%. Overall ELA is 56.3% proficient, 12.5 points above the state. Spending runs $22,235 per student with a 12.6-to-1 student-teacher ratio, typical of a small rural school.
Two areas need attention. Science is the weakest subject: 20.0% proficient across all grades, below the district's 25.0% and the state's 30.6%, and only 14.3% in 11th grade. Eleventh-grade ELA, at 38.5%, sits 7.5 points below the state. The school currently holds a 2-star rating, ranked 186 of 271 state high schools, down from 4 stars and 49th place in 2023-2024. Keep in mind that grade-level cohorts here appear to run roughly 13 to 21 students, so one student can move results by 5 to 8 points — the rank drop may partly reflect small-sample volatility rather than a real change in instruction.
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