Summary:
ZIP code 97362 covers Mount Angel, Oregon, and contains two public elementary schools: Butte Creek Elementary School, a K–8 school with 303 students in Silver Falls School District 4J, and St Marys Public School, a K–5 school with 296 students in Mt Angel School District 91.
Academically, the two schools are heading in opposite directions. Butte Creek ranks 283 of 709 schools in 2025–2026 (60th percentile, 3 stars), up from 2 stars and roughly the 45th percentile in each of the prior two years. Its all-grade proficiency beats the state in ELA (49.3% vs. 43.8%) and math (35.5% vs. 32.9%). St Marys ranks 550 of 709 (22nd percentile, 1 star), down from 2 stars, with all-grade ELA at 29.8%, math at 29.8%, and science at 8.3% — below both its district and the state. In the grades both schools serve (3–5), Butte Creek outperforms St Marys in every tested subject, by margins ranging from about 7 to 31 points.
On other measures, chronic absenteeism is 24.2% at Butte Creek and 29.5% at St Marys, both better than the state's 33.5%. St Marys has more resources per student — a student-teacher ratio of 18.3 and $17,645 per student, versus 22.8 and $16,270 at Butte Creek — along with a higher free/reduced-price lunch rate (70.95% vs. 51.49%), yet its proficiency is lower. Science is a weak spot at both: Butte Creek's all-grade science (27.2%) trails the state (30.6%), and St Marys' 8.3% is far below it. Butte Creek's math also slips in the upper grades, with 6th grade at 20.0% and 8th grade at 17.6%.
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