Summary:
ZIP code 97141 in Tillamook, Oregon is home to 2 middle-level schools serving grades 4 through 8 — East Elementary School (grades 4–6, 445 students) and Tillamook Junior High School (grades 7–8, 318 students) — both part of Tillamook School District 9, together enrolling roughly 763 students. Both campuses serve a high-need population, with about 84% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, so families should read the academic numbers with that context in mind. Test scores reflect SY 2025-2026, while attendance, spending, and class-size figures come from SY 2024-2025.
Comparing the two, Tillamook Junior High School is the stronger academic performer: its all-grades English language arts proficiency of 44.1% sits essentially at the state average of 43.8%, and its 8th graders beat the state in both ELA (44.8% vs. 41.5%) and math (31.7% vs. 30.0%). It ranks at the 49th percentile of 371 ranked Oregon schools, though its rating has moved 44 → 53 → 49 across three years, and it posts the higher chronic absenteeism rate here at 39.6%, 6.1 points above the state. East Elementary School is the attendance standout, with chronic absenteeism of 32.6% — below the state's 33.5% — along with smaller classes (14.8 students per teacher vs. 15.8) and one bright academic spot: 4th-grade math at 40.3%, above the state's 38.9%.
The clearest shared weakness is science: East posts 17.6% and Tillamook Junior High 21.5%, against 30.6% statewide. East also shows an unusually sharp drop in math from 4th grade (40.3%) to 5th grade (17.9%), a 22.4-point fall worth watching. At Tillamook Junior High, nearly all of its math shortfall traces to 7th grade, where students trail the state by 6.0 points.
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