Summary:
ZIP code 97469 contains two schools — Riddle Elementary School (grades K–6, 168 students) and Riddle High School (grades 7–12, 178 students) — both part of Riddle School District 70, a small Oregon district ranked 138th of 141 districts statewide and in the 2nd percentile with 0 stars.
For parents weighing the two schools, the picture is mixed. Riddle High School has real strengths in completion and attendance: an 88.1% graduation rate, above the state's 83.0%, and chronic absenteeism of 13.3%, far below the district's 22.1% and the state's 33.5%. Its test scores, however, are very low — 15.4% proficient in ELA, 10% in math, and 12.5% in science across all grades. Riddle Elementary School outperforms the high school and the district in every subject (ELA 22.9%, math 21.9%, science 16%), but both schools sit well below state averages of 43.8% ELA, 32.9% math, and 30.6% science. The elementary school's chronic absenteeism, 31.1%, is much higher than the high school's and close to the state rate.
Grade-level results reveal the sharpest concerns and one bright spot. The elementary school's 6th-grade math score of 29.6% is essentially at the state's 29.7%, and 6th-grade ELA is 37% versus 41.8% statewide. But 3rd-grade ELA is under 5% against 41.5% statewide, and in the high school, 7th-grade ELA drops to 8.1% with math at 5.6%. Resources are substantial — $23,521 per student at the high school and $21,104 at the elementary school, with student-teacher ratios of 11.5 and 12.9 — and roughly 75% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The high school's ranking has also shifted widely in recent years, while the elementary school has stayed near the 18th–19th percentile with 1 star.
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