Best High Schools in Zip Code 97402

ZIP code 97402 covers four high schools with a combined reported enrollment of about 1,673 students: Willamette High School (1,455 students) and Kalapuya High School (108) in Bethel School District 52, Crow High School (70) in Crow-Applegate-Lorane School District 66, and Transitions (40) in Lane Education Service District. All serve grades 9–12 except Transitions, which serves grade 12 only. Willamette alone accounts for roughly 87% of the area's high school students.

Crow High School is the clear academic standout, ranking 39th of 271 schools statewide with 4 stars. Its graduation rate is 100.0%, and its test scores — 61.1% in English language arts, 50% in math, and 46.2% in science — all sit well above state averages. That said, Crow is small at 70 students, so its rates can swing widely, and its chronic absenteeism of 37.3% is above the state's 33.5%. Willamette High School is the largest school and shows mixed results: strong graduation (91.6%) and absenteeism (26.4%), but low proficiency, including just 8.3% in math. Its statewide rank has slipped from 213th of 268 to 242nd of 271 over three years.

Kalapuya High School faces the steepest challenges, with a 53.8% graduation rate, 65.2% chronic absenteeism, and test scores far below state levels — math and science are reported as under 5%. Its free/reduced-lunch rate is 99.07%. Notably, graduation and attendance do not always match test proficiency: Willamette graduates students above the state rate despite low test scores. Resources differ widely too — Crow spends $43,072 per student with a 9.5 student-teacher ratio, versus $19,226 and 19.3 at Willamette — but spending alone does not explain outcomes. Transitions has no reported rank, test, graduation, or spending data, so it cannot be compared with the others. Crow's reported 141.43% free/reduced-lunch figure is a reporting anomaly, and Kalapuya has no current rank listed.