Summary:
ZIP code 97844 in Irrigon, Oregon (Morrow County) contains exactly one middle-level school: Irrigon Elementary School, a grades 4–6 school with 159 students in Morrow School District 1. Despite "Elementary" in its name, the state classifies its level as Middle — though it houses no 7th or 8th grade, so any comparison to traditional middle schools should account for that.
On 2025–2026 state assessments, the school generally beats its own district but trails Oregon overall. English Language Arts proficiency is 35.5% (district 34.5%, state 43.8%), and Math is 28.3% (district 23.5%, state 32.9%). Its clearest academic strength is an upward trend in ELA across grades: 31.0% in 4th, 37.0% in 5th, and 39.6% in 6th, narrowing the gap to the state from 12.5 points to just 2.2 points. Sixth-grade Math (31.3%) is the only result above the state rate (29.7%). Science is the weak spot: 5th-grade proficiency of 14.9% is less than half the state's 30.8%. The one place the school falls behind its district is 4th-grade Math (29.3% vs. 32.4%). With roughly 53 students per grade, a single student can shift a grade-level rate by about 2 points, so year-to-year results are volatile.
Attendance is the school's standout metric: chronic absenteeism of 29.9% is better than both the district (35.4%) and the state (33.5%). About 67.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-need population, while per-student spending of $23,909 and a 12.7:1 student–teacher ratio point to a well-funded, favorably staffed school. The district as a whole ranks 74th of 141 in Oregon (48th percentile, 2 stars), which helps explain why the school can lead locally yet still sit below state norms.
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