Best Public Schools in Zip Code 97601

ZIP code 97601 in Klamath Falls is served by seven schools — four elementary, one middle, and two high schools — all part of Klamath Falls City Schools, a district ranked 63rd of 141 in Oregon (55th percentile, 3 stars). Together they enroll roughly 2,475 students. Free and reduced-price lunch rates are effectively universal at every school, and chronic absenteeism averages about 38.5% across the ZIP, above the state rate of 33.5%, so attendance is a shared challenge rather than a point of difference between schools.

The academic standouts are Klamath Union High School, a consistent 4-star school whose 11th graders reach 65.9% proficiency in English Language Arts and 50.0% in science, both well above state, and Roosevelt Elementary School, the strongest elementary, with 49.2% math proficiency and the ZIP's lowest chronic absenteeism at 26.7%. Joseph Conger Elementary School is clearly improving, rising from 2 stars to 3 stars with math at 43.2%, while Pelican Elementary School has moved the other way, falling from 4 stars to 2 stars with ELA at 27.9%. Ponderosa Middle School sits mid-pack at 2 stars.

Mills Elementary School is the sharpest outlier on the low end: 0 stars for three straight years, with proficiency in the 12.7% to 15.5% range despite spending $31,108 per student. Eagle Ridge New Technical High School is very small at 74 students, spends $91,335 per student, and has the ZIP's highest absenteeism at 53.7%; its test scores are suppressed by the state, so its academics cannot be judged here. Overall, spending and results do not track closely — Roosevelt achieves the most with the least among the non-Eagle schools.