Summary:
ZIP code 97345 contains one public school, Foster Elementary School, a K–6 elementary school in Foster, Oregon with 277 students, and it belongs to Sweet Home School District 55; because it is the only school here, its performance defines the entire local public-school picture for families in this area.
Academically, results are uneven across grades. Third grade is a relative bright spot: ELA proficiency is 51.1% and math is 44.4%, both above district and state rates. The picture weakens in the upper grades, where 4th grade math is 14.0%, 5th grade math is 10.0%, and 5th grade science is 5.1%, compared with 23.5% in the district and 30.8% statewide. Overall, all-grade ELA is 36.9% (just under the district's 37.4% but below the state's 43.8%), and all-grade math is 25.1% (below the district's 28.9% and the state's 32.9%). All-grade science stands at 5.1%, versus 20.8% in the district and 30.6% across the state, the steepest gap in the data.
Attendance and rating trends also deserve attention. Chronic absenteeism is 42.1%, above the district's 40.2% and the state's 33.5%, meaning more than two in five students miss enough school to be considered chronically absent. The school's statewide rank slipped from 325 of 710 (54th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 to 490 of 709 (31st percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026. About 75.09% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $15,140, and the student-teacher ratio is 16.2. With 277 students spread across K–6, grade-level results come from small cohorts and can shift noticeably from year to year.
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