Summary:
ZIP code 97818 in Boardman, Oregon has just one middle-level school: Windy River Elementary School, which serves grades 4–6 with 241 students and belongs to Morrow School District 1. Despite the “Elementary” in its name, it is classified as a Middle school, so it defines the entire local middle-level landscape. It should be judged against district and state benchmarks rather than against other nearby middle schools. The district itself ranks 74th of 141 schools, in the 48th percentile with 2 stars.
Academically, the school trails its district and the state in every reported subject. Math is the relative bright spot: 22.8% proficient in all grades, only 0.7 percentage points below the district, with 4th-grade math at 30.5% — the school’s highest proficiency area. Math declines sharply by grade, though, from 30.5% in 4th grade to 20.5% in 5th and 16.0% in 6th, which is 10.3 points below the district and 13.7 points below the state. ELA ranges from 24.7% to 29.5%, with 5th grade strongest and 6th grade lagging the district most, by 12.8 points. Science is the most severe weakness: just 5.2% proficient at the 5th-grade level, 25.6 points below the state.
Context matters too. Chronic absenteeism is 35.9%, above the district’s 35.4% and the state’s 33.5%, meaning more than one-third of students are chronically absent. About 67.63% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $19,706, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. Overall, the school faces real academic and attendance challenges, with 4th-grade math and 5th-grade ELA as its strongest areas and science and 6th-grade math the most urgent priorities.
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