Summary:
ZIP code 97396 is served by exactly one elementary school: Willamina Elementary School, a K–5 campus with 357 students in the Willamina School District 30J, which ranks 134 of 141 Oregon districts (5th percentile, 0 stars). Because there is only one elementary school in this ZIP code, families have no local school-to-school comparison; the meaningful benchmarks are the district, the state, and the school's own grade levels.
Statewide, the school ranks 632 of 709 in 2025–26, placing it in the bottom 11% with 1 star. Its three-year history stays in the bottom tier: 5th percentile (0 stars) in 2023–24, 14th percentile (1 star) in 2024–25, and 11th percentile (1 star) in 2025–26. OSAS proficiency trails the state in every tested subject: ELA 26.6% versus 43.8%, math 19.1% versus 32.9%, and science 15% versus 30.6%. The sharpest academic red flag is 5th grade math, where 8.3% of students were proficient against 32.4% statewide. Measured against its own district, however, the school is ahead in math (19.1% versus 17.1%) and science (15% versus 9.7%), but behind in ELA (26.6% versus 29.8%).
Chronic absenteeism is 34.4% — 12.6 points better than the district's 47.0%, but 0.9 points above the state's 33.5%. The school reports $24,313 in per-student spending and a 15.9 student/teacher ratio, and its free/reduced-lunch figure is reported as 103.36%, which exceeds 100% and is best read as a high-need indicator rather than an exact share of enrollment. The bottom line: this is a high-need school that outperforms its very low-ranked district on attendance, math, and science, yet remains far below state proficiency averages in every subject.
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