Summary:
ZIP code 97233 contains six elementary schools serving roughly 2,005 students, mostly in grades K–5 with two schools serving PK–5, spread across David Douglas School District 40, Centennial School District 28J, and Reynolds School District 7. This is a high-poverty area: where reported, free/reduced lunch rates range from 97.15% to 103.28%, and only one school comes in below the state's 33.5% chronic absenteeism rate. Every school with reported scores is below Oregon's 2025–2026 statewide averages of 43.8% in English language arts, 32.9% in mathematics, and 30.6% in science.
Among the schools, Patrick Lynch Elementary is the academic leader, with the group's best statewide rank (590 of 709, 17th percentile) and the highest All Grades ELA (29.8%) and math (22.2%), plus a 3rd grade math result of 37.7% — though its 41.7% chronic absenteeism is the highest here. Rockwood Preparatory Academy has the best attendance (30.6%) and the highest reported science score (12.8%), but math is only 11.0%. Alder Elementary School faces the steepest challenges, ranking 709 of 709 with ELA at 9.5% and math and science both under 5%. Lincoln Park Elementary School is the largest (457 students) with the highest per-student spending ($25,550), while HOLLA School is the smallest (98 students) with its ELA and math scores suppressed. Parklane Elementary School ranks 650 of 709 with ELA at 27.2%.
Families should note that spending and class size vary widely here — from $6,722 to $25,550 per student, and student-teacher ratios from 12.9 to 26.6 — yet higher spending and smaller classes do not line up with stronger test results in this ZIP. Grade-level bright spots exist, such as Parklane's 3rd grade ELA at 34.8% and Rockwood's 4th grade ELA at 34.5%, but they remain below state averages. HOLLA's suppressed scores mean its performance is unknown, not zero, and Alder's "under 5%" figures mean below that threshold, not exactly 5%.
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