Best Cities in Oregon for Schools

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Rank (of 197)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Lake Oswego	7	2	4	0	10	0.956	1
2^nd	West Linn	6	3	1	0	2	0.916	2
3^rd	Adrian	1	0	1	0	0	0.908	6	3
4^th	Sherwood	5	1	1	0	5	0.89	3	1
5^th	Ashland	5	1	1	0	1	0.864	10	5
6^th	North Plains	2	0	0	0	0	0.854	21	15
7^th	Welches	1	1	0	0	0	0.848	24	17
8^th	Nehalem	1	0	0	0	0	0.845	5	3
9^th	Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0.842	11	2
10^th	Powell Butte	1	0	0	0	0	0.829	19	9
11^th	Island City	1	0	0	0	0	0.823	17	6
12^th	Boring	3	1	0	0	2	0.807	4	8
13^th	Bandon	1	1	1	0	0	0.802	54	41
14^th	Vale	2	1	1	0	0	0.785	25	11
15^th	Sublimity	1	0	0	0	0	0.78	26	11
16^th	Dundee	1	0	0	0	0	0.779	18	2
17^th	Jacksonville	2	0	0	0	0	0.767	12	5
18^th	Turner	2	1	1	0	1	0.767	33	15
19^th	Happy Valley	5	1	2	0	2	0.765	9	10
20^th	Corvallis	9	2	2	0	5	0.765	40	20
21^st	Damascus	2	0	0	0	1	0.765	29	8
22^nd	John Day	0	0	1	0	0	0.761	7	15
23^rd	Hubbard	1	0	0	0	0	0.736	14	9
24^th	Gold Beach	1	0	1	0	0	0.722	36	12
25^th	Enterprise	2	0	1	0	1	0.721	13	12
26^th	Wilsonville	3	2	1	0	0	0.714	27	1
27^th	Heppner	1	0	1	0	0	0.71	20	7
28^th	Dorena	1	0	0	1	0	0.708		(n/a)
29^th	Silverton	8	1	1	0	0	0.704	22	7
30^th	Wallowa	1	1	1	0	0	0.697	15	15
31^st	Veneta	1	0	1	0	1	0.697	41	10
32^nd	Bend	19	6	6	0	18	0.696	28	4
33^rd	Keno	1	0	0	0	0	0.696	8	25
34^th	Mulino	2	0	0	0	0	0.692	51	17
35^th	Saint Paul	1	0	1	0	1	0.684	39	4
36^th	Scappoose	1	2	1	1	1	0.682	73	37
37^th	Baker City	5	2	4	1	2	0.667	37
38^th	Crane	1	0	1	2	0	0.662	32	6
39^th	Newberg	5	2	2	0	3	0.635	30	9
40^th	Garibaldi	1	0	0	0	0	0.631	87	47
41^st	Scio	2	1	1	2	0	0.625	34	7
42^nd	McMinnville	5	2	1	0	4	0.625	59	17
43^rd	Elmira	1	1	1	0	0	0.624	84	41
44^th	Halsey	2	0	1	0	1	0.624	142	98
45^th	Union	1	0	1	0	0	0.623	150	105
46^th	Terrebonne	1	0	0	0	0	0.621	74	28
47^th	Portland	105	25	20	3	86	0.621	45	2
48^th	Weston	0	1	0	0	0	0.614	53	5
49^th	Applegate	1	0	0	0	0	0.608	122	73
50^th	Sisters	1	1	1	0	1	0.605	16	34
51^st	Hood River	3	2	1	0	3	0.601	62	11
52^nd	North Bend	3	1	1	1	1	0.598	58	6
53^rd	Tigard	8	2	2	1	6	0.597	43	10
54^th	Sandy	2	1	1	0	1	0.595	48	6
55^th	Philomath	2	1	1	2	1	0.591	44	11
56^th	Oregon City	6	2	3	1	3	0.586	72	16
57^th	Beaverton	23	6	7	0	18	0.582	49	8
58^th	Canyon City	1	0	0	0	0	0.58	86	28
59^th	Rockaway Beach	0	1	1	0	0	0.58	42	17
60^th	Clackamas	3	1	1	2	6	0.578	31	29
61^st	Eugene	30	10	11	3	23	0.567	52	9
62^nd	Creswell	1	1	1	0	1	0.567	35	27
63^rd	Nyssa	1	1	1	1	0	0.567	67	4
64^th	Lafayette	1	0	0	0	0	0.562	60	4
65^th	Mount Hood Parkdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.561	145	80
66^th	Malin	1	0	0	0	0	0.559	46	20
67^th	Oakland	1	1	1	0	0	0.551	68	1
68^th	Hillsboro	19	4	5	3	8	0.546	61	7
69^th	Prineville	5	1	3	2	2	0.546	70	1
70^th	Foster	1	0	0	0	0	0.542	94	24
71^st	Tualatin	4	1	2	0	4	0.542	55	16
72^nd	Mount Angel	2	1	1	0	1	0.541	65	7
73^rd	Hermiston	6	2	1	0	2	0.527	82	9
74^th	Lowell	2	0	1	1	0	0.526	79	5
75^th	Tillamook	2	2	2	0	2	0.524	118	43
76^th	Redmond	6	2	3	0	4	0.524	77	1
77^th	Culver	1	1	1	0	0	0.52	75	2
78^th	Merrill	1	0	1	0	0	0.517	56	22
79^th	Roseburg	9	2	3	1	6	0.516	88	9
80^th	Mill City	1	0	1	1	0	0.515	71	9
81^st	Grants Pass	11	4	6	0	4	0.504	98	17
82^nd	Cottage Grove	3	1	2	1	2	0.503	90	8
83^rd	Waldport	1	1	1	0	1	0.501	50	33
84^th	Drain	1	0	1	0	0	0.498	101	17
85^th	Monmouth	3	0	0	0	2	0.498	80	5
86^th	Lakeview	2	1	1	0	0	0.489	93	7
87^th	Gladstone	2	1	1	0	2	0.486	47	40
88^th	Lebanon	7	1	1	0	1	0.485	78	10
89^th	Newport	2	2	1	0	0	0.483	111	22
90^th	Albany	12	4	5	0	3	0.483	89	1
91^st	Cave Junction	1	1	2	0	2	0.48	143	52
92^nd	Pilot Rock	1	0	1	0	0	0.476	138	46
93^rd	Sunriver	1	0	0	0	0	0.463	23	70
94^th	Condon	1	0	1	0	0	0.463	113	19
95^th	Yamhill	0	1	1	0	0	0.456	106	11
96^th	Pendleton	4	1	3	1	1	0.451	120	24
97^th	Shady Cove	1	0	0	0	0	0.451	95	2
98^th	Clatskanie	2	0	1	0	1	0.451	57	41
99^th	Forest Grove	5	2	2	0	3	0.448	102	3
100^th	Port Orford	1	0	1	0	0	0.44	83	17
101^st	Medford	15	4	3	1	7	0.434	99	2
102^nd	Dallas	3	1	1	1	1	0.433	63	39
103^rd	Scotts Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0.432	85	18
104^th	Mosier	1	0	0	0	0	0.429	66	38
105^th	Banks	1	1	1	0	1	0.424	103	2
106^th	Beavercreek	1	0	0	0	0	0.423	92	14
107^th	Canyonville	1	0	0	0	2	0.417	163	56
108^th	Harrisburg	1	1	1	0	1	0.416	140	32
109^th	Aloha	5	0	0	0	4	0.414	105	4
110^th	Wolf Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.41	108	2
111^th	Gaston	1	0	1	1	0	0.407	135	24
112^th	Pleasant Hill	1	0	1	0	1	0.407	136	24
113^th	La Grande	2	1	2	0	4	0.406	64	49
114^th	Gervais	1	1	1	1	1	0.403	160	46
115^th	Athena	1	0	1	0	0	0.399	69	46
116^th	Molalla	3	1	1	0	1	0.399	76	40
117^th	Klamath Falls	10	3	5	1	6	0.399	114	3
118^th	Cascade Locks	1	0	0	0	0	0.396	179	61
119^th	Rogue River	1	0	1	2	0	0.395	81	38
120^th	Stayton	1	1	1	1	1	0.391	166	46
121^st	Central Point	6	1	3	0	3	0.389	125	4
122^nd	Troutdale	3	1	1	1	1	0.387	96	26
123^rd	Florence	1	1	2	0	1	0.386	133	10
124^th	Monroe	1	0	1	0	0	0.383	104	20
125^th	Glide	1	1	1	0	0	0.382	121	4
126^th	Ontario	6	1	1	1	2	0.38	134	8
127^th	Rainier	1	0	1	0	0	0.369	127
128^th	Burns	1	0	2	1	0	0.364	159	31
129^th	Springfield	12	4	5	0	3	0.363	128	1
130^th	Amity	1	1	1	1	0	0.362	110	20
131^st	Junction City	2	1	1	0	1	0.353	97	34
132^nd	Canby	4	1	1	0	1	0.353	112	20
133^rd	Estacada	2	1	1	0	0	0.353	148	15
134^th	Sweet Home	4	1	1	0	0	0.351	144	10
135^th	Winston	2	1	1	0	0	0.351	186	51
136^th	Warrenton	1	1	2	1	1	0.345	131	5
137^th	Coos Bay	5	1	2	2	3	0.337	107	30
138^th	Aumsville	1	0	1	0	1	0.337	162	24
139^th	Milwaukie	11	2	4	0	5	0.334	115	24
140^th	Seaside	1	1	1	1	0	0.332	126	14
141^st	Sutherlin	2	1	2	0	1	0.329	109	32
142^nd	Sheridan	1	0	1	1	1	0.329	132	10
143^rd	Chiloquin	2	0	1	0	0	0.328	155	12
144^th	Gresham	13	4	6	1	3	0.327	151	7
145^th	Stanfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.323	117	28
146^th	Astoria	3	1	2	0	0	0.322	139	7
147^th	Salem	38	11	9	2	21	0.317	116	31
148^th	Marcola	1	0	1	0	0	0.317	157	9
149^th	Eagle Point	3	1	2	1	2	0.317	130	19
150^th	Jefferson	1	1	1	0	0	0.315	172	22
151^st	Keizer	8	2	1	0	0	0.314	153	2
152^nd	Brookings	1	1	1	0	1	0.303	152
153^rd	Yoncalla	1	0	1	0	0	0.303	137	16
154^th	Phoenix	2	0	2	0	0	0.299	170	16
155^th	Coquille	3	0	2	0	1	0.293	38	117
156^th	Irrigon	1	1	1	1	0	0.286	129	27
157^th	Mitchell	0	0	1	1	0	0.282	164	7
158^th	Cloverdale	1	0	1	0	0	0.279	181	23
159^th	Gold Hill	1	1	0	0	0	0.275	154	5
160^th	Elgin	1	0	1	0	0	0.274	123	37
161^st	Lyons	1	0	0	0	0	0.27	124	37
162^nd	Maupin	1	0	1	0	0	0.269	100	62
163^rd	Talent	1	1	0	0	0	0.266	146	17
164^th	Saint Helens	3	1	2	1	1	0.264	141	23
165^th	Gilchrist	1	0	1	0	0	0.254	169	4
166^th	Vernonia	1	1	1	0	0	0.254	182	16
167^th	The Dalles	3	1	1	1	3	0.253	156	11
168^th	Powers	1	0	1	0	0	0.215	193	25
169^th	Bonanza	1	0	1	0	0	0.214	171	2
170^th	Aurora	2	1	1	0	0	0.213	175	5
171^st	Colton	1	1	1	1	0	0.209	91	80
172^nd	Tangent	1	0	0	0	1	0.208	149	23
173^rd	Madras	5	1	2	0	0	0.197	147	26
174^th	Boardman	1	1	1	0	0	0.192	183	9
175^th	Falls City	1	0	1	0	0	0.191	178	3
176^th	Myrtle Point	1	0	1	0	0	0.189	165	11
177^th	Myrtle Creek	2	1	1	1	0	0.186	174	3
178^th	Riddle	1	0	1	0	0	0.169	119	59
179^th	Oakridge	1	1	1	0	0	0.167	177	2
180^th	Independence	1	1	1	0	0	0.166	180
181^st	Columbia City	1	0	0	0	0	0.159	176	5
182^nd	Hines	1	1	0	0	0	0.159	167	15
183^rd	Winchester	1	0	0	0	0	0.155	158	25
184^th	Dayton	1	1	1	0	1	0.153	194	10
185^th	La Pine	2	1	1	0	1	0.139	187	2
186^th	Milton Freewater	5	1	1	0	1	0.125	173	13
187^th	Toledo	1	1	1	1	0	0.118	168	19
188^th	Lincoln City	2	1	2	0	1	0.116	161	27
189^th	Willamina	1	1	1	0	0	0.1	184	5
190^th	Cornelius	3	0	0	0	2	0.085	185	5
191^st	Umatilla	1	1	1	0	0	0.074	192	1
192^nd	Fairview	4	1	1	0	1	0.073	189	3
193^rd	White City	2	1	0	0	0	0.065	190	3
194^th	Woodburn	5	2	3	0	2	0.061	191	3
195^th	Merlin	0	0	1	0	0	0.056	188	7
196^th	Warm Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.011	196
197^th	Dillard	0	0	1	0	0	0.011	195	2

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Oregon Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 3, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Oregon Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Oregon Department of Education.
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Educational resources:

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.