Summary:
ZIP code 97479 covers Sutherlin, Oregon, where all five local schools belong to Sutherlin School District 130. The area has two elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools — one of which is an online academy serving grades 6–12 — with total enrollment of about 1,285 students. The district as a whole ranks 127th of 141 in Oregon, and its grade spans overlap because the online academy covers both middle and high school years.
Sutherlin High School is the standout on completion and attendance: a 96.3% graduation rate, well above the district’s 78.9% and the state’s 83.0%, and 29.2% chronic absenteeism, the lowest in the ZIP. Its rank, however, swung from the 80th percentile (4 stars) in 2024–25 to the 46th percentile (2 stars) in 2025–26. East Sutherlin Primary School has the smallest classes (student-teacher ratio 11.0), the highest per-student spending ($21,050), and the highest free/reduced lunch rate (69.51%). At the other end, Sutherlin Valley Online Academy reports a 47.8% graduation rate, 75.6% chronic absenteeism, a 32.4 student-teacher ratio, and just $8,960 per student.
Math is the weakest subject across the area — every tested school falls below the state’s 32.9% all-grade rate, from 23.2% at Sutherlin High down to 6.3% at the online academy. Science is mixed: Sutherlin High’s 31.9% edges the state’s 30.6%, while West Sutherlin Intermediate has the lowest result at 14.8%. Attendance is a relative strength for the brick-and-mortar schools, which all sit at or below the district’s 34.1%. Sutherlin Middle School shows a declining rank trend, from the 32nd percentile in 2023–24 to the 19th in 2025–26, and is below the state in all tested subjects. Some grade-level scores and the online academy’s lunch data are suppressed or not reported, meaning those values are unknown rather than zero.
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