Summary:
ZIP code 97544 covers the Williams, Oregon area and contains just one elementary school: Williams Elementary School, a K–5 campus serving 77 students as part of the Three Rivers/Josephine County School District. Because there is only one school here, there is nothing to compare it against locally, so the most useful benchmarks are its own district and Oregon statewide averages.
Williams Elementary stands out academically. It earned 4 stars in each of the last three reported school years and ranked 194 out of 709 Oregon schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 73rd percentile, after reaching the 86th percentile in 2024–2025 and the 84th percentile in 2023–2024. Its district carries 3 stars and ranks 67 of 141 districts, at the 52nd percentile, so the school is performing above its district overall. In All Grades ELA, 55.9% of students were proficient versus 40.2% district and 43.8% state. In All Grades math, 55.9% were proficient versus 29.0% district and 32.9% state. Fourth grade is the high point, with 70.0% proficient in ELA and 60.0% in math, both well above district and state. Third grade math is also above both at 50.0%, while third grade ELA (37.5%) is roughly even with the district and slightly below the state.
The main concern is attendance: 44.4% of students were chronically absent in 2024–2025, compared with 37.6% in the district and 33.5% statewide. The school spends $20,098 per student, with a student-teacher ratio of 25.6 — for 77 students, that suggests roughly three teachers and relatively large classes. Science results and all 5th grade results are suppressed by the state to protect student privacy in small groups, so those are unknown rather than weak. The reported free/reduced lunch figure of 124.68% is not a usable percentage.
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