Summary:
ZIP code 97423 covers Coquille, Oregon, where three elementary schools serve a combined 618 students across prekindergarten through 8th grade, all within Coquille School District 8. Coquille Valley Elementary is the largest, with 346 students in grades 2–6 (56.0% of local elementary enrollment); Lincoln School of Early Learning serves 166 students in PK–1; and Winter Lakes Elementary serves 106 students in grades K–8. The district itself ranks 82 of 141 districts statewide — the 42nd percentile, 2 stars — and its 46.7% chronic absenteeism rate is well above Oregon's 33.5%.
The two schools with test data sit at opposite extremes. Coquille Valley is the standout: 147 of 709 schools (79th percentile, 4 stars), with 55.2% proficient in ELA, 51.9% in math, and 40.7% in science — all above district and state averages. Winter Lakes is the sharpest concern: 692 of 709 (2nd percentile, 0 stars), with 19.1% in ELA, 5.9% in math, and 14.3% in science, and its 3rd-grade math is under 5%. That is a 46.0-point math gap between two schools in the same district. Notably, their free/reduced lunch rates are nearly identical (87.57% and 88.68%), so economic factors alone do not explain the difference.
Lincoln has no test scores because it serves only PK–1, but it has the highest chronic absenteeism in the group at 70.3% — more than double the state rate — along with the highest per-student spending ($24,009) and the highest student-teacher ratio (20.7). Attendance separates the schools: Coquille Valley is at 32.9%, near the state's 33.5%, while Winter Lakes is at 44.3%. Spending does not track outcomes simply; Winter Lakes spends the least, $7,062 per student. Rank history shows these patterns are persistent rather than one-year fluctuations.
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