Best High Schools in Zip Code 97443

ZIP code 97443 contains one high school, Glide High School, which serves grades 9–12 for 226 students in Glide, Oregon, as part of Glide School District 12. Because this is the only high school in the ZIP code, there are no local peer schools to compare it with; the most useful comparisons are between Glide High School, its district, and Oregon statewide averages.

Glide’s clearest academic strength is Science: 38.2% of students were proficient at the All Grades level in 2025–2026, above the district’s 24% and the state’s 30.6%. In 11th grade, Glide also exceeded the state in Science, 38.2% versus 33.8%. Mathematics is the main concern: only 13% were proficient at both All Grades and 11th grade, compared with 19.4% district and 32.9% state at All Grades, and 22.9% state in 11th grade. English Language Arts was mixed: 37% at All Grades was above the district’s 32.4% but below the state’s 43.8%; 11th-grade ELA was 37% versus the state’s 46%. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was a positive outlier at 88.5%, above Oregon’s 83.0% and equal to the district’s rate. Chronic absenteeism was 33.3%, essentially in line with the district’s 33.6% and the state’s 33.5%.

In ranking context, Glide High School held 2 stars and ranked 163 of 271 Oregon high schools in 2025–2026, at the 40th percentile; that improved from the 36th percentile in 2024–2025 but remained below the 49th percentile in 2023–2024. Its district ranked 117 of 141 districts, at the 17th percentile with 1 star. Glide spends $19,982 per student with a 17.3:1 student-teacher ratio, though district and state comparison points are not provided. The reported free/reduced lunch figure of 129.65% is anomalous and should not be interpreted as a conventional poverty rate. With only 226 students, year-to-year proficiency rates can shift substantially from small changes in tested students.