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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 97526

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At a glance

Schools

2,023

Students

Districts

Top rankedRiverside Elementary School193^rd of 709 Oregon elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Ft Vannoy Elementary School up 161 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Parkside Elementary 15.6 students per teacher

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Summary:

ZIP code 97526, which covers the Grants Pass area of southern Oregon, is home to six public elementary schools serving about 2,023 students. Five are K–5 schools and one, Highland Elementary School, is PK–5. They are divided between two districts: four schools (Lincoln Elementary School, Parkside Elementary, Riverside Elementary School, and Highland) belong to Grants Pass School District 7, which ranks 29 of 141 districts statewide with 4 stars, while Manzanita Elementary School and Ft Vannoy Elementary School belong to Three Rivers/Josephine County School District, which ranks 67 of 141 with 3 stars.

Riverside Elementary School is the academic standout: the highest ELA proficiency (56.8%) and science proficiency (44.4%) in the group, a 4-star rank in the 73rd percentile, and exceptional 5th grade ELA results (75.4%). Its weak spot is attendance, with chronic absenteeism of 32.7%, the highest here. Manzanita Elementary School posts the highest math score (44.9%) and second-highest ELA (53.4%) despite a 99.42% free/reduced lunch rate, and far outperforms its own district averages. Lincoln Elementary School has the best attendance (25.9% chronic absenteeism) and lowest poverty (69.95% free/reduced lunch) while spending the least per student ($16,903), and its rank has climbed from the 45th to the 64th percentile.

Collectively, these schools outperform the state in math: all six exceed the state's 32.9%, averaging 41.6%. Five of six beat the state ELA rate of 43.8% (average 48.8%), while science is more mixed at 34.4% against a 30.6% state mark, with Parkside and Ft Vannoy below. Average chronic absenteeism is 28.75%, below the state's 33.5%. Ft Vannoy shows the biggest improvement, rising from the 10th to the 49th percentile in two years, yet it still has the lowest ELA (40.2%) and science (24.4%) scores and the largest classes (19.9:1). Notably, neither spending nor class size predicts results: Parkside has the smallest classes (15.6:1) but weaker math and science, and Ft Vannoy spends over $21,000 per student while trailing in ELA and science.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				OSAS English Language Arts (2026)				OSAS Mathematics (2026)				OSAS Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts All Grades	OSAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	OSAS Mathematics 4th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 5th Grade	OSAS Mathematics All Grades	OSAS Science 5th Grade	OSAS Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Highland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1845 NW Highland Ave	Grants Pass	97526	Josephine County	Grants Pass School District 7	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 474-5765	344	20	17.2	69.8%	262 (76.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (16.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.3%)	62.7	228^th of 709 public elementary schools	67.8%		48.9	314^th of 706 public elementary schools	55.5%	86	54.9	41.8	54.2	50.3	52.1	38.5	40.7	44.1	38.3	38.3	$18,215	$1,041	$17,174
Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	1132 NE 10th St	Grants Pass	97526	Josephine County	Grants Pass School District 7	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 474-7719	386	21	18.6	69.9%	271 (70.2%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (17.4%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)	39 (10.1%)	58.7	253^rd of 709 public elementary schools	64.3%		49.1	312^th of 706 public elementary schools	55.8%	59	39.0	39.7	57.7	45.4	51.9	39.7	40.8	44.4	38.9	38.9	$16,903	$990	$15,914
Riverside Elementary School	Public	K-5	1200 SE Harvey Dr	Grants Pass	97526	Josephine County	Grants Pass School District 7	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 474-5780	351	22	16.2	72.6%	256 (72.9%)	3 (0.9%)	54 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (10.3%)	67.1	193^rd of 709 public elementary schools	72.8%		66.2	198^th of 706 public elementary schools	72.0%	5	50.7	42.9	75.4	56.8	46.6	32.7	45.9	42.6	44.4	44.4	$21,197	$1,263	$19,934
Parkside Elementary	Public	K-5	735 SW Wagner Meadows Dr	Grants Pass	97526	Josephine County	Grants Pass School District 7	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 474-5777	361	23	15.6	73.4%	271 (75.1%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (8.9%)	46.3	348^th of 709 public elementary schools	50.9%		31.2	485^th of 706 public elementary schools	31.3%	137	44.3	40.5	54.5	46.7	33.9	31.1	35.1	33.3	27.3	27.3	$18,927	$1,278	$17,650
Ft Vannoy Elementary School	Public	K-5	5250 Upper River Rd	Grants Pass	97526	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 479-4440	239	12	19.9	100.0%	194 (81.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (10.9%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.3%)	45.3	360^th of 709 public elementary schools	49.2%		27.5	521^st of 706 public elementary schools	26.2%	161	40.5	36.4	43.9	40.2	37.8	50.0	31.7	40.2	24.4	24.4	$21,161	$1,804	$19,357
Manzanita Elementary School	Public	K-5	310 San Francisco St	Grants Pass	97526	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 479-6433	342	20	17.1	99.4%	258 (75.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (13.7%)	3 (0.9%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.8%)	62.5	232^nd of 709 public elementary schools	67.3%		52.9	282^nd of 706 public elementary schools	60.1%	50	41.7	62.1	54.2	53.4	33.3	65.5	36.1	44.9	33.3	33.3	$19,477	$1,971	$17,506

Cities Near Zip Code 97526

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Grants Pass	1.03 mi	21	93^rd
Merlin	4.84 mi	1
Rogue River	9.17 mi	4	92^nd
Gold Hill	14.79 mi	2	131^st
Wolf Creek	15.89 mi	1	81^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.

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