Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 97370

Elementary schools in ZIP code 97370 are two schools in Philomath School District 17J, together forming a K–5 pipeline: Clemens Primary School serves grades K–1 with 165 students, and Philomath Elementary School serves grades 2–5 with 368 students, for a combined 533 students. Because they serve different grade bands rather than overlapping grades, families move from one to the other as children progress. The district is ranked 75th of 141 in Oregon, at the 47th percentile with a 2-star rating.

Philomath Elementary School is the academic standout. In 2025–2026 OSAS results, its all-grade proficiency rates beat district and state averages in ELA (52.0% vs. 46.6% district and 43.8% state) and math (42.9% vs. 34.6% district and 32.9% state). Science is closer: 36.1% all grades, essentially at the district's 36.5% and above the state's 30.6%. Its strongest grade-level results are 5th grade ELA (56.5%) and 4th grade ELA (54.2%), roughly 9–11 points above state. Chronic absenteeism is 24.3%, well below the district's 32.6% and state's 33.5%. Its rank, however, slipped from 4 stars and the 76th percentile in 2023–2024 to 3 stars and the 68th percentile in 2025–2026 — a relative measure that can shift even when absolute scores stay strong.

Clemens Primary School has no OSAS test scores, which is expected because OSAS testing begins in grade 3; that is not applicable rather than missing. On other measures it stands out: a lower free/reduced lunch rate (49.09% vs. 59.78%) and higher per-student spending ($23,897 vs. $16,355, about 46.1% more), likely reflecting early-grade staffing or small-school costs. Its chronic absenteeism, 27.2%, is also below district and state. Both schools keep absenteeism lower than the district and state, and for families the takeaway is a two-school K–5 pipeline where the tested upper grades perform above district and state averages.