Summary:
ZIP code 97389 contains one listed public school: Tangent Elementary School, a K–5 elementary school with 123 students in Tangent, Oregon, and part of Greater Albany Public School District 8J. The ZIP has no middle, high, or alternative schools in this list, so students move elsewhere for later grades.
Tangent Elementary is on a clear upward path. It improved from 562nd of 710 schools in 2023–2024 (21st percentile, 1 star) to 472nd of 706 in 2024–2025 (33rd percentile, 2 stars), and to 340th of 709 in 2025–2026 (52nd percentile, 3 stars) — a 222-position gain in two years, lifting it from the bottom quartile to slightly above the state median. Math proficiency is 36.2%, above the district's 32.1% and the state's 32.9%, while science is 50%, far above the district's 31.7% and the state's 30.6%. Fifth grade is the standout: ELA 55.6%, math 38.9%, and science 50%, all above district and state levels. Chronic absenteeism is 26.3%, better than the district's 34.8% and the state's 33.5%, a notable positive given the 86.99% free/reduced-lunch rate.
The main academic gap is English Language Arts. Overall ELA is 34%, about 13.8 points below the district and 9.8 points below the state, and the early grades lag most: 3rd-grade ELA is 23.5% and 4th-grade ELA is 16.7%, versus roughly 41–44% in the district and state. With only 123 students, grade-level cohorts are small enough that a few students can shift a percentage noticeably, so comparisons should be read with caution. Per-student spending is $21,089 and the student-teacher ratio is 14.6; no district or state benchmarks accompany these figures, so they offer context rather than comparison.
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