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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 97527

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Top rankedSouth Middle School100^th of 371 Oregon middle schools

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South Middle School up 61 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 97527, located in the Grants Pass area of Josephine County, Oregon, contains two middle schools serving grades 6–8: South Middle School, with 610 students in Grants Pass School District 7, and Lincoln Savage Middle School, with 283 students in Three Rivers/Josephine County School District.

South Middle School is the stronger overall academic performer. It ranked 100th of 371 schools in 2025–2026 (73rd percentile, 4 stars), an improvement from 131st in 2023–2024. Its English language arts proficiency is 51.3% (district 50.9%, state 43.8%) and math is 38.9% (district 36.1%, state 32.9%). Its science score of 31.0% is above the state but below its own district. Lincoln Savage ranked 209th of 371 (44th percentile, 2 stars) and has held 2 stars across three years. Its ELA is 41.0%, and math is 20.9% — below both district (29.0%) and state (32.9%) at every grade level. Its standout is science at 38.7%, well above its district (28.4%) and the state (30.6%). Compared with each other, South outperforms Lincoln Savage in ELA by 10.3 percentage points and in math by 18.0 points.

Both schools report identical school-level chronic absenteeism of 30.1%, below the state's 33.5%. Lincoln Savage has smaller classes (17.6 students per teacher vs. 20.3), higher per-student spending ($20,352 vs. $16,477), and a higher free/reduced lunch rate (90.81% vs. 69.84%). Those resource and demographic differences do not translate into stronger ELA or math results in this data. Families comparing the two are looking at trade-offs: South for ELA, math, and overall ranking; Lincoln Savage for science, smaller classes, and more funding per student.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				OSAS English Language Arts (2026)				OSAS Mathematics (2026)				OSAS Science (2026)		Vaccination (2025-26)		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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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 6th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts All Grades	OSAS Mathematics 6th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 7th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 8th Grade	OSAS Mathematics All Grades	OSAS Science 8th Grade	OSAS Science All Grades	Vaccination: Students (K-12) with all required vaccines	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
South Middle School	Public	6-8	350 W Harbeck Rd	Grants Pass	97527	Josephine County	Grants Pass School District 7	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 474-5750	610	30	20.3	69.8%	439 (72.0%)	2 (0.3%)	112 (18.4%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.5%)	64.7	100^th of 371 public middle schools	73.0%		49.6	161^st of 368 public middle schools	56.3%	61	50.8	53.8	49.1	51.3	37.8	49.2	29.0	38.9	31.0	31.0	84.3%	15.5%	$16,477	$456	$16,020
Lincoln Savage Middle School	Public	6-8	8551 New Hope Rd	Grants Pass	97527	Josephine County	Three Rivers/Josephine County School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 862-2171	283	16	17.6	90.8%	228 (80.6%)	2 (0.7%)	31 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	18 (6.4%)	41.6	209^th of 371 public middle schools	43.7%		42	191^st of 368 public middle schools	48.1%	18	42.5	34.9	45.6	41.0	19.2	22.1	21.1	20.9	38.7	38.7	81.2%	18.1%	$20,352	$1,300	$19,051

Cities Near Zip Code 97527

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Grants Pass	0.71 mi	21	82^nd
Merlin	8.34 mi	1
Rogue River	9.76 mi	4	91^st
Williams	13.49 mi	1	19^th
Applegate	14.71 mi	1	12^th

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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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