Schools · Talent

Talent, OR schools

Kids attend Talent Elementary School.

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

C-School Grade #78Best schools in OR (of 121)#86Highest graduation rate in OR (of 139)

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Talent’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Talent’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Oregon’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DTest scoresCGraduation

Oregon school districts we grade (163)Better than 18%

Lower resultsHigher results

Oregon towns with similar household incomes (163)Better than 14%

Good confidence. Built on 394 tested students and a graduating class of 193; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change 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 Talent kids go to school

Grades K–5

CTalent Elementary School 349 students · Talent Phoenix-Talent School District 4

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, Phoenix-Talent School District 4)14%

State average 30.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

82% graduate on time

Graduation rate

82%

OR: 83.1%

Graduating class

193

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #86 of 139 OR towns →

Districts

The district serving Talent

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Phoenix-Talent School District 4Grades K–12 · 7 schools · 2,215 students

$18,374 per studentOR $17,749C-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Talent

There’s no college in Talent, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Southern Oregon University in Ashland, 5.8 miles away.

Southern Oregon UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Ashland5.8 mi4,575 students

Pacific Bible CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Medford7.8 mi44 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Talent. 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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