Summary:
ZIP code 97321 in Albany, Oregon is served by a single high school: West Albany High School, which educates students in grades 9–12 and enrolls 1,297 students as part of Greater Albany Public School District 8J. Because there is only one high school in this ZIP code, there are no local cross-school comparisons to make, but the school can be measured against its district and the state of Oregon.
West Albany's strongest results are in graduation and English language arts. Its graduation rate is 95.1%, well above the district's 82.8% and the state's 83.0%, even though 78.33% of students are economically disadvantaged based on free/reduced lunch data. In ELA, 68.4% of students are proficient, compared with 47.8% in the district and 43.8% statewide. Science proficiency is 43.2%, also above the district and state. Math is the weakest subject in absolute terms at 30.2%, slightly below district and state figures when comparing all grades, though 11th-grade results in math are above both the district and the state. Chronic absenteeism is 29.4%, lower than the district's 34.8% and the state's 33.5%, but still means roughly three in ten students miss substantial school time.
West Albany currently holds a 4-star SchoolDigger rating and ranks 57th of 271 Oregon high schools, the 79th percentile — stronger than its district's 3-star rating and 65th percentile. However, the school's own rank history has slipped: from 17th of 268 (94th percentile, 5 stars) in 2023–2024, to 23rd of 270 in 2024–2025, to 57th of 271 in 2025–2026. Per-student spending is $18,446 and the student-teacher ratio is 23.2. Parents should see a school that remains above average with standout graduation and ELA outcomes, while watching math proficiency, absenteeism, and the recent ranking decline.
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