Best Public Schools in Zip Code 97537

ZIP code 97537 covers Rogue River, Oregon, and is served by four schools — one elementary (K–6), one junior/senior high (7–12), and two alternative schools (K–12 and grades 3–12) — all within Rogue River School District 35, which ranks 59th of 141 Oregon districts. Together they enroll 1,071 students: 388 at Rogue River Elementary School, 339 at Rogue River Junior/Senior High, and 344 combined at Rivers Edge Academy Charter School and South Valley Academy. There is no standalone middle school; grades 7–8 are housed inside the high school and the charter.

The strongest current results belong to Rogue River Junior/Senior High, which climbed from 198th of 270 high schools (1 star) to 48th of 271 (4 stars) in 2025–2026, with 11th-grade ELA at 62.1%, math at 32.8%, and science at 50%, all above state averages; its graduation rate is 82.4% and chronic absenteeism 31.5%, below the state's 33.5%. Rivers Edge Academy Charter has the highest graduation rate at 100% and the strongest all-grades ELA (46.7%) and science (34.1%), while spending the least per student ($9,168).

Math is the shared weak spot — no school here exceeds the state's 32.9% math proficiency. The best all-grades math result is Rogue River Elementary at 26.2%, followed by the high school at 22.1%, Rivers Edge at 21.3%, and South Valley at 7.5%. Middle-grade math looks like a pressure point: 7th grade math is 15.9% and 8th grade math 15.4% at the high school, and 6th-grade math is just 8.3% at Rivers Edge. Rogue River Elementary has the highest economic need (93.04% FRPL) and the highest chronic absenteeism (41.4%), while South Valley combines 40.2% absenteeism, a 71.0% graduation rate, the highest student-teacher ratio (26.5), and science under 5%. Several values are suppressed for privacy and should be treated as unknown rather than as zero.