Schools in Zip Code 97233

ZIP code 97233 is home to eight public schools — six elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — serving 5,196 students across three districts: David Douglas School District 40, Centennial School District 28J, and Reynolds School District 7. Enrollment is heavily concentrated at David Douglas High School, which with 2,756 students holds about 53% of all students in the ZIP and is larger than the other seven schools combined. The smallest school is HOLLA School with 98 students. All three districts rank in the bottom quartile of Oregon districts, and poverty indicators are extremely high: every reported free/reduced lunch rate is above 92%, with several at or near 100%.

Academically, this is a low-performing area. Seven of the eight schools rank at or below the 17th percentile statewide. David Douglas High School is the standout, the only 2-star school (43rd percentile), and the only school above the state in any all-grade subject — science at 31.0% versus 30.6% statewide. Its ELA is 41.5% and graduation rate 73.8%, but math is 19.1%. Patrick Lynch Elementary is the top-ranked elementary at 17th percentile, with the ZIP's highest all-grade math at 22.2%. At the other end, Alder Elementary School ranks 709th of 709 with ELA of 9.5% and math and science both under 5%. HOLLA School's ELA and math results are suppressed by the state. Math is the clearest weakness: no school exceeds the state's 32.9%.

Attendance is a challenge everywhere except Rockwood Preparatory Academy, the only school below the state's 33.5% chronic absenteeism rate, at 30.6%. Seven of eight schools exceed the state rate, with the highest at David Douglas High School (41.9%). Spending varies nearly fourfold, from $6,722 per student at Rockwood Preparatory Academy to $25,550 at Lincoln Park Elementary School, and does not map neatly onto outcomes — Alder has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 12.9 yet ranks last statewide.