Summary:
ZIP code 97267 is home to two public high schools, both serving grades 9–12 within North Clackamas School District 12: Putnam High School with 1,060 students and New Urban High School with 320 students, for a combined enrollment of 1,380. The district itself ranks 48th of 141 Oregon districts, in the 66th percentile with 3 stars, but the two schools in this ZIP post sharply different results.
Putnam High School is the stronger performer on most measures. Its graduation rate is 90.9%, above both the district (87.9%) and the state (83.0%), and its state rank improved from 21st percentile with 1 star in 2024–2025 to 41st percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism is 40.5%, still above the district (30.5%) and state (33.5%). Test proficiency remains below district and state: ELA 37.7%, math 22.5%, which is close to the state's 22.9%, and science 28.5%. About 59.72% of its students qualify for free/reduced lunch.
New Urban High School faces serious challenges: a 59.4% graduation rate, 31.5 percentage points below Putnam's, and chronic absenteeism of 78.3%, more than double the district and state rates. Its 2025–2026 rank is 265th of 271, in the 2nd percentile with 0 stars, and proficiency is ELA 15.6%, math 7%, and science 9.5%. It has smaller classes (19.3 student-teacher ratio versus 23.8) and lower per-student spending ($18,011 versus $21,612), yet weaker outcomes, and its free/reduced lunch rate of 22.5% is lower than Putnam's. Test scores are from 2025–2026, while graduation, attendance, spending, and staffing figures are from 2024–2025.
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