Summary:
ZIP code 97457 in Myrtle Creek, Oregon contains four public schools — South Umpqua High School, Coffenberry Middle School, Myrtle Creek Elementary School, and Tri City Elementary School — serving grades PK–12 with 1,224 students total. All four belong to a single district, South Umpqua School District 19, which ranks 96th of 141 Oregon districts (32nd percentile, 2 stars). Because there is only one district here, comparisons between schools are also comparisons within the same system.
The biggest story is South Umpqua High School, which jumped from the 10th to the 52nd percentile and from 1 star to 3 stars in 2025‑26 — a 113-position gain in one year, and the only 3-star rating in the ZIP. Its 11th-grade ELA (48.8%) and science (35.7%) beat state marks, and its 84.0% graduation rate edges out both district and state. Myrtle Creek Elementary School climbed 191 rank positions over three years and has the lowest chronic absenteeism here (30.3%), with 3rd-grade math at 61.8%. Tri City Elementary School has held steady at 2 stars, with math at 32.5% — essentially the state level. Coffenberry Middle School is the clear priority: 0 stars in all three years, bottom-decile rank, and all-grade proficiency of 21.0% ELA / 13.1% math / 16.3% science.
Families should note that chronic absenteeism at the high school is 56.9% — more than half of students, and 23.4 points above the state — while both elementaries sit at or below the state rate. Science is weak in the lower grades (14.3% and 19.4% at the elementaries vs. 30.6% statewide), and 11th-grade math (14.5%) trails the state (22.9%). Per-student spending ranges from $15,136 to $17,952, and free/reduced lunch is uniform at 82–84% across all four campuses, so differences here reflect school-level results and grade-level patterns rather than differing student populations.
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