According to Niche.com, out of the top 30 school districts in Oregon, Corvallis ranks fourth, beating out Ashland, Albany, Philomath, Portland and Eugene. The Pittsburgh-based ranking and review site gave Corvallis an overall grade of A-.
The district scored highest in College Preparation with an A, followed by Academics, Teachers and Health and Safety, which were all given an A-. Less impressive were the scores for Diversity and Clubs and Activities, a B+ and B respectively.
Corvallis was only beaten by West Linn-Wilsonville, Riverdale, and Lake Oswego, the only district to earn an overall A+ rating.
The complete rankings are as follows:
- Lake Oswego
- Riverdale
- West Linn-Wilsonville
- Corvallis
- Ashland
- Beaverton
- Silver Falls
- Greater Albany Public
- St. Paul
- Hood River County
- Sherwood
- Dayville
- Sisters
- Sherman County
- Tigard-Tualatin
- Philomath
- North Clackamas
- Portland
- Mt. Angel
- Dufur School
- Redmond
- Gladstone
- Jordan Valley
- Condon
- Helix School
- Eugene
- David Douglas
- Corbett
- Canby
- Neah-Kah-Nie
The Corvallis School District is composed of 13 schools with 6,712 students between them.
By Brandon Urey
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