Summary:
ZIP code 97370 covers Philomath, Oregon, where six schools serving kindergarten through 12th grade enroll about 1,603 students, all within Philomath School District 17J. The group includes two elementary schools — Clemens Primary School (K–1) and Philomath Elementary School (2–5) — plus Philomath Middle School (6–8), Philomath High School (9–12), and two K–12 alternative schools, Kings Valley Charter School and Philomath Academy. The district itself ranks 75th of 141 in Oregon with 2 stars, but the individual schools tell a more mixed story.
The comprehensive schools are the clear strengths. Philomath High School is the anchor, with 71.4% of students proficient in English language arts versus 43.8% statewide, 59.3% in science versus 30.6%, and a 93.5% graduation rate compared with 83.0% statewide. It still ranks in the top 11% of Oregon high schools, though it has slipped from 5 stars to 4 stars. Philomath Middle School improved from 3 stars to 4 stars, posting 42.7% science proficiency against the state's 30.6% and 39.1% in math against 32.9%. Philomath Elementary is above state averages in ELA (52.0%) and math (42.9%), and its 24.3% chronic absenteeism rate is the lowest in the ZIP.
The two alternative schools face much larger challenges. Kings Valley Charter reports 32.7% ELA, 7.3% math, and 8.6% science proficiency, the ZIP's highest free/reduced lunch share at 74.61%, and 44.0% chronic absenteeism. Philomath Academy posts 25.0% ELA, 10.5% math, and 12.5% science proficiency, a 69.2% graduation rate, 63.1% chronic absenteeism, and the highest student-teacher ratio at 24.3. Clemens Primary has no test scores because it serves only K–1, but its 27.2% absenteeism is below district and state rates, and its $23,897 per-student spending is the highest locally, while Kings Valley's $6,638 is the lowest. Some test values are suppressed in the data; those should be treated as unknown rather than zero.
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