Summary:
ZIP code 97537 has just one public elementary school: Rogue River Elementary School, located at 300 Pine St in Rogue River and serving grades K–6 with 388 students. It is part of Rogue River School District 35. Because there are no other elementary schools in this ZIP code, the useful comparison is between this school, its district, and the state.
The school has been improving. It moved from 1 star and the 21st percentile in 2023–24 to 2 stars and the 36th percentile in both 2024–25 and 2025–26, ranking 454 of 709 schools in 2025–26. Its clearest academic bright spot is 4th grade English Language Arts, where 53.1% of students met proficiency — above both the district's 51.5% and the state's 43.5%. In mathematics, the school beats its district at every tested grade (3rd through 6th) and in the All Grades total, including 26.2% versus 22.6% overall. However, math remains below the state at every grade, and 5th grade math is especially low at 17.2% compared with 32.4% statewide. Science is similar: 5th graders reached 21.9%, above the district's 20.5% but below the state's 30.8%. Fifth grade ELA (31%) and 3rd grade ELA (38.1%) also trail the state. Overall, the school's All Grades figures — 40% ELA, 26.2% math, and 21.9% science — sit below state levels.
Two context points matter for families. Chronic absenteeism was 41.4% in 2024–25, well above the district's 31.5% and the state's 33.5%, meaning more than two in five students were chronically absent. The school also serves a high-poverty population, with a 93.04% free/reduced lunch rate. Per-student spending was $20,192 and the student-teacher ratio was 17.1; the data provided do not include comparisons for those two measures, so they cannot be judged as high or low here. Notably, the district's own ranking is 59 of 141 (58th percentile, 3 stars) — higher than the elementary school's standing.
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