Summary:
ZIP code 97404 in Eugene, Oregon is home to five elementary schools — Howard Elementary School, River Road/Elementary Camino del Rio Elementary School, Awbrey Park Elementary School, Irving Elementary School and Spring Creek Elementary School — all serving grades K–5, with a combined enrollment of about 1,814 students. Four of them belong to Eugene School District 4J, which ranks in the 84th percentile of Oregon districts, while Irving is part of Bethel School District 52, which ranks in the 14th percentile.
Two schools stand out academically. River Road/Elementary Camino del Rio has the strongest English Language Arts results in the area (47.4% proficiency) — the only ELA score above the state average of 43.8%. Spring Creek has the best math results (43.1%, more than 10 points above the state), along with the smallest classes and the highest per-student spending, and it holds the area's top state ranking (57th percentile). Awbrey Park is the science bright spot, posting the only science score above the state. Irving is worth noting for beating its own district in math and science and for having the area's lowest chronic absenteeism (19.3%) despite the highest poverty indicator and largest classes.
Parents should know about two consistent concerns. First, Howard Elementary is an outlier in the wrong direction: despite being in the higher-ranked district and receiving the second-highest per-student spending, it has ranked in the bottom quarter of Oregon schools for three straight years and has the area's highest chronic absenteeism (42.4%). Second, fifth-grade math is weak everywhere — all five schools fall below the state's 32.4%, and Spring Creek drops from 56.5% in 3rd grade to 22.0% in 5th. No school here ranks above the 57th percentile, so district labels alone don't tell the full story.
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