Summary:
ZIP code 97348 covers Halsey, a small community in Linn County, Oregon, and contains just two schools — both part of Central Linn School District 552: Central Linn High School, serving grades 7–12 with 243 students, and Central Linn Elementary School, serving K–6 with 241 students. Combined enrollment is 484. There is no standalone middle school, so grades 7 and 8 are housed inside the high school building. Both schools carry a 2-star rating, and the district sits at the 48th percentile statewide.
What stands out most is how differently the two schools are doing. Central Linn High School beats the state in science at every level science is tested, and its 8th graders post the area's single strongest result: 48.3% proficient in math against a state rate of 30.0%. The high school also graduates students above the state rate, 85.4% versus Oregon's 83.0%. But its statewide rank has fallen sharply, from the 88th percentile in 2023-24 to the 35th in 2025-26 — a 53-percentile-point decline. The elementary school, by contrast, has been remarkably stable, holding near the 37th–40th percentile across the same three years.
The shared weaknesses are attendance and the 5th- and 11th-grade results. Chronic absenteeism runs 45.8% at the high school and 41.7% at the elementary, both above Oregon's 33.5%, in a district where roughly three in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Grade 5 trails the state across the board: 22.6% proficient in English language arts versus 47.1%, 19.4% in math versus 32.4%, and 19.4% in science versus 30.8%. Meanwhile 11th-grade math falls to 9.1% proficient, against 22.9% statewide. Notably, the high school spends more per student ($23,020) than the elementary ($19,702) yet shows the area's worse attendance and weaker math proficiency.
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