Best Public Schools in Zip Code 97344

Summary:

The 97344 zip code is home to two schools, Falls City Elementary School and Falls City High School, both part of the Falls City School District 57. These schools face significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance, high poverty levels, and chronic absenteeism issues.

Falls City Elementary School struggles with proficiency rates well below the state average across multiple grade levels and subject areas. The school has an extremely high chronic absenteeism rate of 34.3% and a very high percentage of students (97.46%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty student population. Despite a low student-teacher ratio of 9.4, the school's academic outcomes remain poor.

Falls City High School has a relatively high four-year graduation rate of 81.8%, but its performance on state science assessments is still well below the state average, with only 21.4% of 11th-grade students proficient or better. Like the elementary school, Falls City High School has a very high percentage of students (95%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch. The significant difference in spending per student between the elementary school ($29,208) and the high school ($43,985) raises questions about the equitable distribution of resources within the district.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				OSAS English Language Arts (2025)					OSAS Mathematics (2025)			OSAS Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	OSAS Mathematics 4th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 8th Grade	OSAS Science 5th Grade	OSAS Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Falls City Elementary School	Public	K-8	177 Prospect Ave	Falls City	97344	Polk County	Falls City School District 57	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 787-3521	116	10	12.2	114.7%	105 (90.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	10.8	669^th of 706 public elementary schools	5.2%		9.5	685^th of 710 public elementary schools	3.5%	16	40.0	9.5	9.1	18.2	30.0	20.0	7.1	9.1	9.5	9.1	$29,208	$6,262	$22,946
Falls City High School	Public	9-12	111 N Main St	Falls City	97344	Polk County	Falls City School District 57	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 787-3521	59	6	10.3	101.7%	53 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.1%)								(n/a)											$43,985	$4,662	$39,322

Cities Near Zip Code 97344

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Falls City	0.6 mi	2	194^th
Dallas	6.24 mi	6	122^nd
Monmouth	8.42 mi	3	66^th
Independence	11.48 mi	3	184^th
Philomath	11.93 mi	6	53^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.

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