Summary:
ZIP code 97882, which covers Umatilla, Oregon, has just one elementary school: McNary Heights Elementary School, a K–3 campus with 642 students in the Umatilla School District 6R. Because there is only one elementary school in the area, parents cannot compare schools within the ZIP; the useful comparisons are against the school's own past years, its district, and the state.
McNary Heights is improving but still ranks in the bottom decile of Oregon schools. In 2024–2025 it ranked 636 out of 706 schools, at the 10th percentile with 1 star — up from the 3rd and 4th percentiles with 0 stars in the two prior years. Test scores show a mixed picture: 22.8% of students were proficient in English language arts and 15% in math, both above the district's 15.6% and 11.5% but well below the state's 43.8% and 32.9%. Third-grade ELA and math scores match the district exactly at 22.8% and 15%. A reported 5th-grade science score of 9.3% is below the state's 30.4%, even though the school is listed as serving grades K–3. The district itself is ranked 140 of 141 in Oregon, at the 1st percentile with 0 stars, so the school is outperforming a very low district baseline.
Chronic absenteeism stands at 33.5%, about one in three students and essentially equal to the state rate of 33.5%, slightly above the district's 33.0% — a significant engagement concern that makes raising achievement harder. The school reports $19,600 in per-student spending and a student-teacher ratio of 16.3, though this data set offers no state or district figures to judge whether those are high or low. One figure should be treated with caution: free/reduced lunch is listed as 107.17%, which cannot be a valid share of enrollment. Overall, this is a school with real challenges, modest recent improvement, and a district context that is even weaker than the school itself.
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