Summary:
Zip code 97217 contains six schools — four elementary, one middle, and one high school — serving about 1,946 students, with no alternative schools in the group. Five schools belong to Portland School District 1J, which ranks 12th of 141 Oregon districts, while The Ivy School is listed under the Oregon Department of Education authorizer. Elementary enrollment totals 1,081 students, the middle school 409, and the high school 456, averaging about 324 students per school. Four of the six schools earned 4-star ratings in 2025-2026, one earned 3 stars, and one earned 1 star.
Chief Joseph Elementary School posts the strongest academic profile here, leading in both English Language Arts (66.4%) and math (61.3%), well above the district's 57.8% and 50.5% and the state's 43.8% and 32.9%. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 17.3%. Beach Elementary School is the steadiest performer, holding at the 79th–80th percentile with 4 stars for three straight years. The Ivy School has the highest science proficiency at 56.5% and improved from the 67th to the 72nd percentile. Ockley Green Middle School showed the largest jump, rising from the 47th percentile and 2 stars to the 71st percentile and 4 stars.
Results vary within schools too. Chief Joseph's 3rd grade ELA and math both reach 86.1%, while 4th grade falls to 48.6% and 43.2%; Peninsula Elementary School's 5th grade ELA is 69.2% but its 3rd grade ELA is 28.9%. Jefferson High School stands apart on need and outcomes, with 98.68% free/reduced lunch, 63.5% chronic absenteeism, 5.6% math proficiency, and a 77.0% graduation rate, though it improved from the 4th percentile in 2023-2024. Notably, Chief Joseph achieves its results with the group's lowest per-student spending ($23,878), while Jefferson has the highest ($28,017) — a sign that spending and ratios alone do not determine outcomes.
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