Summary:
ZIP code 97216 is home to six schools — four elementary and two middle schools, with no high schools — serving 2,683 students across two districts: David Douglas School District 40 (four schools, 1,981 students) and Portland School District 1J (two schools, 702 students). Portland is the far higher-ranked district (12th of 141, 5 stars) versus David Douglas (107th of 141, 1 star), but results vary widely school by school.
The area's academic standout is Harrison Park School, a 4-star middle school at the 76th percentile — above the state in ELA (50.2%), math (43.0%) and science (37.2%), with the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP (23.2%), the highest per-student spending ($39,323) and the smallest classes (13.4 students per teacher). Cherry Park Elementary School is the strongest elementary: 3 stars, 68th percentile, and the ZIP's best ELA (55.0%) and math (45.7%). Floyd Light Middle School sits mid-pack at the 40th percentile but shows a strong upward grade trend, with 8th-grade math at 39.7%, above the state's 30.0%.
Three schools are in the bottom quartile: Clark Elementary School (11th percentile, 1 star, lowest ELA at 25.1% and science at 10.5%, highest absenteeism at 39.2%), Mill Park Elementary School (12th percentile, lowest math at 21.5%) and Ventura Park Elementary School (22nd percentile). Notably, Clark and Harrison Park share the same district but diverge sharply — Harrison Park spends $39,323 per student versus Clark's $12,228, and outperforms it by 25.1 points in ELA, 20.5 in math and 26.7 in science, despite nearly identical class sizes. Science is the area's weakest subject (21.2% average, 9.4 points below the state), absenteeism tracks performance closely, and free/reduced lunch is near-universal throughout the ZIP.
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