Summary:
ZIP code 97220 contains four elementary schools — Prescott Elementary School, Lee Elementary School, Vestal Elementary School and Sacramento Elementary School — each serving grades PK–5 or K–5 with enrollments of 255 to 268 students. The most important thing for families to know is that these schools sit in two very different districts: Portland School District 1J, ranked 12th of 141 districts statewide with 5 stars, and Parkrose School District 3, ranked 136th of 141 with 0 stars. Lee and Vestal are Portland 1J schools, while Prescott and Sacramento are Parkrose schools, and that divide frames nearly every comparison below.
Vestal Elementary School is the standout, posting the highest proficiency in the group in all three tested subjects — 44.6% in English language arts (just above the state's 43.8%), 39.1% in math (state: 32.9%) and 38.5% in science (state: 30.6%). It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 30.3%, below both the state (33.5%) and district (32.5%) rates, and its state rank percentile has climbed from 38 to 44 to 57. Lee Elementary School shows real math strength at 38.7%, above the state's 32.9%, plus a strong 4th-grade ELA score of 52.9%, but its science score of 24.4% falls below the state's 30.6% and its absenteeism (34.8%) is slightly above state.
Sacramento Elementary School has the most concerning trend: its rank percentile has fallen from 22 to 14 to 10, science proficiency is only 10.3% and 5th-grade math just 5.7%, and it has the highest student-teacher ratio at 14.9. Prescott Elementary School is stable but persistently low, hovering near the 10th–13th percentile with the highest chronic absenteeism in the group at 40.6%. Spending does not track neatly with results: Lee spends the most per student ($26,682), yet Vestal outperforms it in ELA, science and attendance.
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