Summary:
ZIP code 97455 covers Pleasant Hill, Oregon, a small community with two public schools, both in Pleasant Hill School District 1: Pleasant Hill Elementary School, serving grades K–5 with 417 students, and Pleasant Hill High School, serving grades 6–12 with 530 students — 947 students combined. There is no separate middle school; grades 6–8 are housed at the high school. The district overall ranks 108 of 141 in Oregon (23rd percentile, 1 star), but that single rating masks a sharp split between the two schools.
Pleasant Hill Elementary School is the standout. It has held a 3-star rating across recent years, ranking 245 of 709 (65th percentile) in 2025–2026, up from the 52nd percentile in 2023–2024. Its all-grade proficiency beats both the district and the state in ELA (49.3%), math (44.3%) and science (31.5%), and it is above the state at every tested grade level in math. Chronic absenteeism is 20.3%, well below the district's 28.1% and the state's 33.5%.
Pleasant Hill High School is the main concern, ranking 268 of 271 (1st percentile, 0 stars) in 2025–2026, down from the 37th percentile in 2021–2022. Its all-grade proficiency trails the district and state in ELA (28.2%), math (20.4%) and science (11.9% vs. the state's 30.6%). In 11th grade, math is reported as under 5% and science as 6.3%. Middle grades are mostly below state as well, with 6th-grade math the lone exception at 31.6% vs. 29.7%. Two bright spots: a graduation rate of 88.5%, above the state's 83.0%, and near-identical free/reduced lunch rates at both schools (52.76% and 52.83%), which makes the performance gap between them especially striking. Note that high school chronic absenteeism of 34.4% is slightly above the state.
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