Summary:
ZIP code 99027 has one listed public school, Otis Orchards School, serving students from Pre-K through 6th grade in the Otis Orchards area; families will need to look beyond the ZIP code for middle and high school options. The school enrolls 339 students and is part of the East Valley School District (Spokane). With no other schools in the ZIP-code listing, the most useful comparisons are with district and Washington state results.
Otis Orchards School performs especially well in math and science. In 2025–2026, 47.83% of students were proficient in math, compared with 37.05% districtwide and 43.11% statewide. Science proficiency was 56.41%, exceeding both the district’s 43.07% and the state’s 50.95%. Sixth-grade math was particularly strong at 48.98%, which was 14.02 percentage points above the district, while fourth-grade math reached 52.73%. Fifth-grade science was also a bright spot at 56.41%. These results suggest that math and science are the school’s clearest academic strengths.
English Language Arts is the main area for improvement. Overall ELA proficiency was 41.85%, slightly below the district’s 43.66% and well below the state’s 52.81%. Fifth-grade math was another concern at 35.90%, the school’s lowest reported math result, despite remaining above the district average. At the same time, all three tested subjects improved from the previous year, with science rising by 10.41 percentage points. The school’s ranking also improved from the 41st to the 52nd percentile, moving from two stars to three. Its 15.8 student-teacher ratio and 64.9% free/reduced-price lunch participation provide useful context for families evaluating the school’s resources and student population.
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