Summary:
ZIP code 97206 in Portland is home to 11 schools — eight elementary, two middle, and one high school — serving 5,103 students, all within Portland School District 1J, which ranks 12th of 141 Oregon districts (91st percentile, 5 stars). Within the ZIP, however, school quality varies dramatically, from top-decile elementaries to some of the lower-ranked elementary and middle schools in the state.
Five elementaries stand out. Woodstock Elementary School is the highest ranked in the ZIP (49th of 709, 93rd percentile, 5 stars), with 70.0% proficient in ELA and the ZIP's lowest chronic absenteeism at 14.4%. Creston Elementary School (65th of 709, 5 stars) leads in math (64.9%) and science (71.1%). Lewis Elementary School posts the highest ELA score (71.1%) but weaker science (37.8%), while Arleta Elementary School and Atkinson Elementary School are solid across subjects. At the other end, Marysville Elementary School (21st percentile, 1 star) has the lowest science score at 11.1%, and Woodmere Elementary School and Whitman Elementary School are both 2-star schools with ELA in the low 30s.
The middle schools lag: Lane Middle School has the ZIP's highest absenteeism (45.2%) and Kellogg Middle School the lowest middle-school science score (19.7%). Franklin High School is mixed: 71st percentile and 4 stars, but graduation is 79.9% versus the district's 82.5% and the state's 83.0%, with 43.5% chronic absenteeism. Notably, the highest-spending schools are not the highest-performing, and several free/reduced-lunch figures above 100% are reporting anomalies. Overall, the ZIP's schools average above the state but below the district in all three subjects.
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