Summary:
ZIP code 97225 in Portland is home to five elementary schools serving kindergarten through 5th grade — Ridgewood Elementary School, West Tualatin View Elementary School, Raleigh Park Elementary School, Raleigh Hills Elementary School, and William Walker Elementary School — all part of Beaverton School District 48J, which ranks in the 87th percentile of Oregon districts. Together they enroll about 1,733 students, from 257 at Raleigh Hills to 523 at William Walker. As a group, the ZIP's average scores land right at the district average and comfortably above the state, but that average hides a very wide spread.
Ridgewood is the clear academic standout, ranking in the 93rd–96th percentile for three straight years with 5 stars, and posting 72.0% ELA, 63.9% math and 64.8% science. West Tualatin View is second-strongest (#79 of 709) despite the lowest per-student spending and the largest classes in the ZIP. Raleigh Park is improving, climbing from the 62nd to the 70th percentile and up to 4 stars, while Raleigh Hills is slipping, from the 72nd to the 53rd percentile and down to 3 stars. William Walker is the weakest, at 1 star and the 12th–17th percentile, with 29.6% ELA, 20.9% math and 12.8% science.
For parents, the clearest pattern is attendance: the two schools with the highest chronic absenteeism, Walker (35.2%) and Raleigh Hills (32.1%), are also the lowest scorers, while the two with the lowest, West Tualatin View (12.3%) and Ridgewood (14.6%), are the highest. Poverty rates do not explain the differences — Raleigh Park (72.90% free/reduced lunch) and William Walker (72.85%) are nearly identical on that measure yet differ by more than 22 points in ELA. Science is the ZIP's weakest subject and 5th grade its weakest grade; more money and smaller classes show no positive link to results here. Across all five schools, these gaps look structural rather than temporary.
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