Schools · Banks

Banks, OR schools

Kids attend Banks Elementary School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Banks’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Banks’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 74% of Oregon’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

BTest scoresA+Graduation

Oregon school districts we grade (163)Better than 74%

Lower resultsHigher results

Oregon towns with similar household incomes (197)Better than 76%

Lower confidence. Built on 110 tested students and a graduating class of 91. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Oregon’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Oregon only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Oregon with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Banks kids go to school

Grades K–5

C+Banks Elementary School 430 students · Banks Banks School District 13

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (grades K–5, Banks School District 13)27%

State average 30.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

97% graduate on time

Graduation rate

97%

OR: 83.1%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Banks

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Banks School District 13Grades K–12 · 3 schools · 1,081 students

$14,945 per studentOR $17,749B+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Banks

There’s no college in Banks, but 19 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Pacific University in Forest Grove, 6.5 miles away.

Pacific UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Forest Grove6.5 mi3,201 students University of PortlandUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portland18.6 mi3,443 students Portland State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Portland21.6 mi16,769 students Pacific Northwest College of ArtUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portland21.6 mi524 students Portland Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Portland21.9 mi10,453 students Oregon Health & Science UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Portland21.9 mi2,445 students

Oregon College of Oriental MedicineUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portland22 mi133 students

Clark CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Vancouver22.1 mi3,971 students

National University of Natural MedicineUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portland22.2 mi343 students

George Fox UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Newberg22.5 mi3,749 students

9 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Banks. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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