Summary:
ZIP code 97813 covers Athena, Oregon, and has just two public schools, both in the Athena-Weston School District 29RJ: Athena Elementary School (grades PK–4, 124 students) and Weston-McEwen High School (grades 9–12, 173 students). Together that is 297 students, with no middle or alternative school in the ZIP, so grades 5–8 are not served locally. The district ranks 40th of 141 in Oregon — the 72nd percentile — with a 4-star rating.
Athena Elementary School is the stronger current proficiency story. Its chronic absenteeism is 20.8%, better than the 27.8% district and 33.5% state rates, and its all-grades math proficiency of 40.8% beats the state’s 32.9%. Third-grade math is a clear bright spot at 48.3% versus 41.3% statewide, and ELA is above state in both 3rd grade (44.8% vs. 41.5%) and 4th grade (46.8% vs. 43.5%). The one soft spot is 4th-grade math at 36.2%, below the state’s 38.9%. The school ranks 300th of 709, at the 58th percentile with 3 stars.
Weston-McEwen High School is the stronger completion story but has engagement concerns. Its 2024–25 graduation rate is 95.2%, far above the 83.0% state rate, yet chronic absenteeism is 44.7% — nearly half its students — versus 27.8% district and 33.5% state. Eleventh-grade proficiency lags the state in ELA (43.2% vs. 46.0%), math (21.6% vs. 22.9%), and especially science (27.0% vs. 33.8%). It ranks 151st of 271, at the 44th percentile with 2 stars, and its rank has fluctuated across recent years. Both schools serve a high-poverty population, with free/reduced lunch near 74%, and the high school spends more per student ($25,468) than the elementary ($22,790) without uniformly stronger results. Note that district totals likely include campuses outside this ZIP, since district ELA (49.2%) exceeds both schools and the reported district absenteeism rate (27.8%) is lower than the two schools’ combined figure would suggest.
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