Summary:
Zip code 97827 covers Elgin, Oregon, where two public schools serve roughly 384 students combined, both in Elgin School District 23: Stella Mayfield Elementary School (grades PK–6, 204 students) and Elgin High School (grades 7–12, 180 students). Because there is no separate middle school, grades 7 and 8 attend the high school, so its "all grades" results include middle-school grades. The district ranks 86th of 141 in Oregon — the 39th percentile, with 2 stars — and both schools share that same 2-star rating.
The clearest difference between the two schools is attendance. Stella Mayfield Elementary School reports 20.2% chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025, well below the district's 26.9% and the state's 33.5%. Elgin High School reports 34.6%, above both. The elementary school also beats the state in Grade 3 ELA (50% vs. 41.5%) and Grade 5 ELA (50% vs. 47.1%). The high school's graduation rate, 82.6%, is essentially level with the state's 83.0%, and its Grade 11 ELA (54.2% vs. 46%) and Grade 7 math (46.2% vs. 33.3%) are clear bright spots.
Math is the area's biggest weakness. Both schools trail the state in all-grade ELA, math, and science, with the largest gaps in math — Stella Mayfield at 24.3% vs. the state's 32.9%, and Elgin High at 26.5% vs. 32.9%. The weakest single results are Stella Mayfield Grade 6 math at 10.3% (state 29.7%) and Elgin High Grade 11 math at 12.5% (state 22.9%). Both schools spend about $22,000 per student, with low student-teacher ratios (11.3 and 14.4) and high free/reduced lunch rates (73.53% and 72.22%). Both schools improved in 2024–2025 before slipping to 2 stars in 2025–2026.
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