Schools in Zip Code 97502

ZIP code 97502 covers Central Point, Oregon and contains 8 schools — six elementary, one middle and one high school — serving roughly 4,392 students. Seven of them belong to Central Point School District 6, while Madrone Trail Public Charter School belongs to Medford School District 549C. The area is high-poverty: every school has a Free/Reduced Lunch rate between 73.49% and 80.09%. Across the seven schools with test results, simple average proficiency is about 40.4% in ELA, 25.2% in math and 24.8% in science — all below the state rates of 43.8%, 32.9% and 30.6%.

Sams Valley Elementary School is the clear academic standout and the only school above the state in all three subjects: ELA 47.7%, math 45.0% and science 33.3%. Crater High School has a graduation rate of 87.8%, above district and state, plus strong ELA (54.8%) and science (35.6%) — but math is only 15.1%, a 39.7-point gap between ELA and math and the largest in the dataset. At the other end, Madrone Trail Public Charter School ranks at the 5th percentile with 0 stars, with ELA 27.3%, math 10.9% and science 11.6%; its 5th-grade math is reported as under 5%. Jewett Elementary School has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 19.3%, yet its science proficiency is only 12.0%.

Chronic absenteeism is a relative strength here — all seven schools with reported data fall below the state rate of 33.5%. Per-student spending varies widely, from $4,908 at Rogue Primary School (grades K–2, no test results) to $19,628 at Crater High School. Rank trends show improvement at some schools, including Sams Valley Elementary School (37th to 65th percentile) and Central Point Elementary School (18th to 40th).