Rogue River Elementary School, Rogue River OR

Original Research by School Decision on Rogue River Elementary School

Rogue River Elementary serves kindergarten through sixth grade in the small, rural Jackson County city of Rogue River. The school sits just off Interstate 5 on the north side of the Rogue River, placing it in a compact town with access to the recreation and tourism tied to the Wild and Scenic Rogue River, as well as a short drive to Grants Pass and Medford. The community has a retirement-heavy demographic, and the school, as a regular public elementary, is the primary feeder for the rest of Rogue River School District 35.

The student body is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic population and very small shares of other racial and ethnic groups. The school serves a high-poverty population, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. State testing data for the 2024-2025 school year, the most recent available, indicates that academic proficiency rates are generally modest and tend to decline as students move up through the grades. In math, proficiency rates start at a moderate level in third grade but drop sharply in fourth grade and stay low through fifth and sixth grade. English language arts proficiency rates are somewhat stronger, with third grade showing a moderate level before settling lower in the upper elementary grades. Science proficiency, tested in fifth grade, is low. This overall proficiency picture places the school slightly above the midpoint among districts in Jackson County, though the range in the county is wide, from low to much higher.

The school offers no high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. No chronic absenteeism data was available, and information on the school's special education and English learner populations was also missing from the data. A parent may want to ask the school directly about how it supports students needing extra help, given the proficiency pattern. No recent district-level changes, such as bond measures, facility updates, or curriculum shifts, were found in publicly reported sources for Rogue River School District 35, so the district appears to have been operating without a major parent-relevant development in the recent period.

The school's setting is rural and small-town. The housing market in the school's zip code places home values at a level that is moderately affordable relative to the national median, though with a higher-than-national price-to-income ratio that could present a stretch for local households. Rents are a smaller share of income, suggesting a rental market that is relatively accessible compared to the cost of buying.

Rogue River Elementary is best understood as a neighborhood school serving a high-need community where academic outcomes, particularly in math and science, are areas of concern that families may want to explore further with the school and district leadership. The strengths lie in its small-town setting, the direct connection to a community with outdoor recreation anchors, and a student-teacher dynamic that, while not measurable from the data provided, can be characteristic of a small elementary school. The proficiency data is based on a single year of state assessments, so no multi-year trend is available to say whether performance is improving or declining.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 42% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 419%

School 19% · District 19% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 21% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 611%

School 11% · District 10% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 48% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 32%

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

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 31% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 22% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

This schoolRogue River SD 35, 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.