Summary:
ZIP code 97470 in Roseburg contains seven elementary schools serving roughly 2,039 students, with grades K–5 at Hucrest Elementary School, Fullerton IV Elementary School, Melrose Elementary School and Fir Grove Elementary School, and PK–5 at Eastwood Elementary School, Green Elementary School and Lookingglass Elementary School. Six of the seven belong to Douglas County School District 4; Lookingglass is the only one from Winston-Dillard School District 116.
The group is sharply split rather than uniformly weak. Melrose is the standout, ranked #58 of 709 Oregon elementaries (92nd percentile, 5 stars) and leading the cluster in reading, math and science — placing it in roughly the top 8% of the state while posting the highest poverty indicator here (87.75% free/reduced lunch). Hucrest follows at #132 (81st percentile, 4 stars) and beats district and state averages in all three subjects. The remaining five schools land between the 11th and 48th percentiles. Size explains little: Hucrest and Eastwood enroll nearly identical numbers (394 vs. 393) yet sit 53 percentile points apart. Lookingglass (11th percentile) is the lowest performer, though with only 131 students its grade-level results swing widely.
Attendance is a genuine cluster strength — all seven schools have chronic absenteeism below the state's 33.5%. Achievement is the challenge: only two of seven exceed state reading proficiency, and math lags reading in six of seven schools. Spending and class size do not track results — Fir Grove spends the most ($21,490) with the smallest classes yet ranks 48th percentile, while Eastwood spends the least. Poverty does not determine outcomes either; Fullerton IV has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate but the second-lowest math proficiency. Parents should weigh multi-year trends: Melrose, Hucrest and Green are improving, while Eastwood and Lookingglass have slipped.
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