Patrick Elementary School, Gold Hill OR

Original Research by School Decision on Patrick Elementary School

Patrick Elementary School, located in Gold Hill and part of the Central Point School District 6, serves students from kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a regular public school with a small enrollment for this grade band. The student body is predominantly white, with a notable Hispanic population and smaller shares of other racial groups. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Gold Hill is a small, quiet residential town with a historic core rooted in gold mining, the railroad, and agriculture. The Rogue River runs along a bend in the city, providing fishing and kayaking access. Daily life is shaped by this river, a walking trail behind the Little League fields, a historical society museum, and nearby attractions like the Oregon Vortex. The population has remained relatively stable over the last century, with recent home purchases by retirees from California helping to sustain the housing market, rather than large-scale new development. The town lacks major local employers today; the Ideal Cement plant, historically the only major industry, closed some time ago.

The academic picture at Patrick Elementary comes from the most recent state assessment data. In English language arts, less than half of students met proficiency standards across the tested grades. In mathematics, a smaller share of students met proficiency standards, with results trending lower in the upper elementary grades. Science results also showed a modest share of students meeting proficiency. Overall, the school's proficiency index places it above the midpoint relative to other districts in Jackson County. The data for this assessment cycle represents a single year, so no trend over time is available.

The district offers a Spanish Two-Way Immersion program that begins at a different elementary school in the district and continues through middle and high school. This is a lasting program choice that parents weighing enrollment and school assignment may want to explore directly with the district, as it does not start at Patrick Elementary.

Because Patrick Elementary serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. Data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, and staffing was not available in the sources used for this profile. A parent looking into student support or school climate may wish to follow up with the school for that information. The school's Title I status was also not provided, which is a gap a family may want to clarify, as it relates to additional funding and programs that can shape a child's experience.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 37% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 27% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 21% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 37% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 35% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 40% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 23% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

This schoolCentral Point SD 6, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.