Summary:
ZIP code 97415 covers the Brookings area on the southern Oregon coast and contains exactly one middle school: Azalea Middle School, serving grades 6–8 within the Brookings-Harbor School District 17C, with about 309 students — roughly 103 per grade.
Azalea currently performs in the bottom fifth of Oregon middle schools. It has held a 1-star rating for three straight years, ranking 302 of 371 (19th percentile) in 2023–24, 279 of 368 (24th percentile) in 2024–25, and 310 of 371 (16th percentile) in 2025–26 — its weakest year in that window. In 2025–26, 29% of students met the standard in English language arts, 17% in math, and 13% in science, compared with statewide rates of 43.8%, 32.9%, and 30.6%. The school also trails its own district in every subject. Grade-by-grade results show ELA improving across the grades — 21.8% in 6th, 28.2% in 7th, and 35.4% in 8th — while math stays essentially flat at 15.4%, 17.9%, and 17.5%. Science, measured in 8th grade, is the widest relative gap: 13% proficiency is less than half the state rate.
Two things stand out in the school's favor. Chronic absenteeism is 25.2%, better than the district's 27.3% and well below the state's 33.5%, so students attend more reliably than average. And 8th-grade ELA at 35.4% comes within about 6 points of the state's 41.5% — the closest the school gets to statewide performance. Against those bright spots, 84.14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and per-student spending is $19,870, with an 18:1 student-teacher ratio — a comparatively well-resourced setting producing below-state results. The takeaway for parents: attendance is a real strength, science and math at every grade level are the deepest concerns, and 8th-grade ELA is the area closest to state parity.
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