Summary:
ZIP code 97222 is home to two high schools serving grades 9–12 — Milwaukie High School (874 students) and Milwaukie Academy of the Arts (281 students) — both part of North Clackamas School District 12, which ranks 48th of 141 Oregon districts (66th percentile, 3 stars). Together they enroll 1,155 high school students. Despite sharing a district, the two schools sit at nearly opposite ends of the state's performance distribution.
Milwaukie Academy of the Arts is the standout: it ranks 42nd of 271 Oregon high schools (85th percentile, 4 stars) and posts a 92.8% graduation rate, above both the district (87.9%) and state (83.0%). Its 11th-grade OSAS results are strong in ELA (76.3%) and science (60.7%), far above district and state averages of roughly 46% and 34%. Math is its weak spot at 25.8%, only slightly above district and state and low in absolute terms. Chronic absenteeism is 33.5%, matching the state. Its free/reduced-lunch rate is not reported, and its student-teacher ratio of 425.7 is not plausible and should be treated as a data error.
Milwaukie High School faces concentrated challenges: it ranks 220th of 271 (19th percentile, 1 star) and has held bottom-fifth status for three years. Proficiency is low — ELA 35.6%, science 18.0%, and math 10.9%, the lowest metric in this dataset. Chronic absenteeism is 48.5%, well above district (30.5%) and state (33.5%), and 77.8% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Its 82.1% graduation rate is a relative bright spot, just below the state. The school spends $25,289 per student versus $11,803 at the Academy, but higher spending here reflects greater student needs rather than inefficiency. The clearest opportunities are math achievement and attendance.
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