Summary:
ZIP code 97633 is served by a single elementary school: Merrill Elementary School, a K–6 campus at 406 W Second St in Merrill, Oregon, with 184 students enrolled. It is part of the Klamath County School District. Because there is only one elementary school in the ZIP code, there are no in-area comparisons to make; the useful benchmarks are the district and Oregon state averages. The school serves a high-poverty population, with 91.3% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and per-student spending of $20,208 with a student-teacher ratio of 16.7.
Academically, Merrill Elementary performs well against both comparison groups. All-grade English Language Arts proficiency is 54.5%, versus 41.1% in the district and 43.8% statewide, and all-grade math is 42.2%, versus 28.3% district and 32.9% state. ELA is above district and state at every tested grade, with 4th grade at 65.5% (22.0 points above the state) and 6th grade at 59.1%. Math also clears both bars overall, led by 6th grade at 54.5%, which is 24.8 points above the state. Science is the clearest weakness: 26.5% all-grade, below the district's 28.5% and the state's 30.6%; 5th-grade science is above the district but below the state.
Other indicators are encouraging. Chronic absenteeism is just 12.6%, far below the district's 31.0% and the state's 33.5%. The school's state ranking has climbed steadily, from 455th of 710 (36th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024 to 336th of 706 in 2024–2025 to 237th of 709 (67th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026 — stronger than the district's own 45th percentile, 2 stars. One caution for parents: with roughly 26 students per grade, a single grade's results can swing on a handful of students, so the multi-year trend is the better guide than any one grade-level number.
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