Summary:
ZIP code 97352 contains exactly one public elementary school: Jefferson Elementary School, which serves grades K–5 and enrolls 272 students as part of Jefferson School District 14J. Because it is the only elementary school in the ZIP, families here have no local public elementary alternative in this data, so the most useful comparisons are against the school's own district and against Oregon as a whole.
On 2025–2026 state testing, the school is stronger than its district but behind the state in every subject. All-grade English Language Arts proficiency is 30.6% (district 26.6%, state 43.8%), math is 14.3% (district 12.4%, state 32.9%), and science is 17.8% (district 14.8%, state 30.6%). Third-grade ELA is the clearest bright spot at 41.5%, exactly matching the state average, while fourth-grade ELA is 16.3% against a state rate of 43.5%. Math is the weakest area: fourth-grade math is 10.2% and fifth-grade math is under 10%. The school ranked 603rd of 709 Oregon schools (15th percentile, 1 star), an improvement from 670th of 706 the prior year, though its district ranks 137th of 141 statewide.
Other measures point to a high-need population. Chronic absenteeism is 40.1%, above the state's 33.5% but below the district's 44.0%, and 75.37% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Per-student spending is $17,407, with a student-teacher ratio of 35.1. The takeaway for parents: this is a single-school ZIP where the school outperforms its low-performing district and matches the state in third-grade reading, but math achievement, especially in grades 4–5, and attendance remain the biggest challenges.
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