Summary:
ZIP code 97446 is home to exactly one elementary school — Harrisburg Elementary School, a K–4 school with 338 students in Harrisburg, Oregon, serving the Harrisburg School District 7J. Because there is only one elementary school here, there is no other local school to compare it to, so the most useful benchmarks are the school's own district and the state of Oregon.
Academically, Harrisburg Elementary sits right around the state average while its district lags well behind. In English language arts, 41.9% of students met the proficiency standard versus 43.8% statewide, and in math 32.3% met it versus 32.9% statewide — small gaps either way. Compare that to the district, though, and the school leads by more than 10 points in both subjects. Reading is the steadier subject, holding at 42.9% in 3rd grade and 41.0% in 4th grade. Math is the clear weak spot, and it gets weaker as students move up: 3rd-grade math is 36.5% proficient, but 4th-grade math drops to 27.9% — 11 points below the state and the single metric where the school trails meaningfully.
Two other things stand out for parents. First, attendance is a genuine strength: 31.2% of students were chronically absent, better than both the district (36.4%) and the state (33.5%), even though 73.96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and the school spends $17,898 per student with a 16.6 student–teacher ratio. Second, the school's statewide ranking slipped from the 60th–62nd percentile (3 stars) in the prior two years to the 43rd percentile (2 stars) in 2025–2026 — a one-year dip, but one worth watching, with 4th-grade math the most likely driver.
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