Summary:
ZIP code 97496 covers Winston, Oregon and is home to two elementary schools — McGovern Elementary School (grades 3–5, 229 students) and Brockway Elementary School (grades PK–2, 224 students) — which together serve 453 students and cover the full PK–5 elementary pipeline, both within Winston-Dillard School District 116, a district ranked 129 of 141 in Oregon at the 9th percentile with 0 stars.
McGovern Elementary School is the only school here with test scores and rating history, and its trend is upward: its state rank rose from 560 of 710 in 2023–2024 to 451 of 709 in 2025–2026, its percentile climbed from 21 to 36, and its stars went from 1 to 2. It outperforms its district in all-grade ELA, math, and science, and beats the state in all-grade science (35.4% proficient vs 30.6%) and in 5th-grade science. It remains below the state in all-grade ELA (36.3% vs 43.8%) and math (26.5% vs 32.9%), with the largest gap in 3rd-grade math. Chronic absenteeism is 34.4%, about one in three students.
Brockway Elementary School has no test scores or rank history listed, most likely because it serves PK–2, before Oregon's tested grades, so its academics cannot be judged from this data. On resources and need, it stands out: 91.96% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch versus 74.24% at McGovern, spending is $21,240 per student versus $17,270, and its student-teacher ratio is lower (13.4 vs 15.4), meaning smaller classes. Chronic absenteeism is 36.7%. In short, McGovern is improving but still below state averages in ELA and math, while Brockway serves the highest-need youngest learners and cannot be compared academically.
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