Summary:
ZIP code 97424 has two high schools, both serving grades 9–12 and both in South Lane School District 45J3: Cottage Grove High School, with 640 students, and Al Kennedy High School, with 62 students. Together they enroll 702 students, so Cottage Grove accounts for about 91% of the two-school enrollment. The district is ranked 88th of 141 Oregon districts, at the 38th percentile with 2 stars.
Cottage Grove High School is the larger school and shows a mixed picture. Its graduation rate of 85.8% is above the district's 76.2% and the state's 83.0%, and its chronic absenteeism of 27.6% is below the state's 33.5%. However, test proficiency is weak: ELA 20.3% versus the state's 43.8%, math 9.4% versus 32.9%, and science 6.3% versus 30.6%. Its latest state ranking is 260th of 271, at the 4th percentile with 0 stars, down from 41st percentile with 2 stars in 2023–24.
Al Kennedy High School is much smaller and more heavily resourced, spending $30,297 per student versus $21,063 at Cottage Grove, with a student-teacher ratio of 12.3 versus 19.3. Yet its outcomes are far weaker: a 39.6% graduation rate, 78.3% chronic absenteeism, and test proficiency reported as under 5% in ELA, math, and science. Its latest provided rank is 258th of 268, at the 4th percentile with 0 stars. Free/reduced lunch rates are high at both schools, at 63.12% and 67.74%.
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