Summary:
ZIP code 97462 — the Oakland, Oregon area — contains exactly one public elementary school, Oakland Elementary School, a K–4 building with 252 students in the Oakland School District 1. With only one school in the area, there is no local peer to compare against, so the useful yardsticks are the district and the state of Oregon. One timing note matters: attendance, spending and staffing figures are from 2024–2025, while test scores and rankings are from 2025–2026.
On 2025–2026 state tests, 40.4% of students were proficient in English language arts (state: 43.8%) and 40.4% in math, which is 7.5 points above the state (32.9%). The school is the mirror image of its district: it beats district math (27.6%) by 12.8 points but trails district ELA (51.1%) by 10.7 points. Grade-level results show the split clearly — 3rd-grade ELA at 37 (state 41.5) and 4th-grade ELA at 44 (state 43.5), while 3rd-grade math is 50 (state 41.3) and 4th-grade math is 30 (state 38.9). Those grades are different groups of children, so the 20-point math gap is not a story of the same students slipping. The school has also climbed steadily in state rank: from 490 of 710 (31st percentile, 2 stars) to 401 of 706, to 346 of 709 (51st percentile, 3 stars).
Chronic absenteeism is a quiet strength at 20.5%, below the district (21.5%) and far below the state (33.5%), even though 78.17% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Per-student spending is $19,253 and the student–teacher ratio is 16.8, implying roughly 15 teachers. The most actionable signals for parents are the 3rd-grade ELA shortfall and the sharp 4th-grade math dip compared with 3rd grade; note too that the district overall ranks 37 of 141 with 4 stars, higher than this elementary school's own standing.
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