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met or exceeded math skills.
Roughly 40 percent of Forest
Ridge students qualify for free
or reduced lunch.
GUBSER
Gubser students met state
averages in language arts
skills, 51 percent, and math
skills, 43 percent. Both scores
were down slightly from the
previous year. The Gators
increased regular attendance
by 8 percent in the last school
year and approximately half
of students qualifi ed for free
or reduced lunch programs.
Individual student progress was
rated average for the school as
a whole.
KEIZER
Keizer students missed state
averages in both language
arts (34 percent) and math
(24 percent). The school is
saddled with the largest student
enrollment among Keizer’s
elementary
schools
(728
students), more than 95 percent
of whom qualify for free or
reduced lunch programs. Still,
individual student progress was
average throughout the school.
Keizer was second only to
Weddle Elementary School in
teacher turnover, 20 percent.
KENNEDY
Kennedy students missed
state averages in language arts
(42 percent) and math (28
percent), but language arts
jumped 6 percent from the
prior year and overall individual
student progress was rated high.
Regular attendance among
students climbed 5 percent over
the year prior. More than 95
percent of Kennedy students
qualify for free or reduced
lunch.
OPTIMUM LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT (OLE)
CHARTER SCHOOL AT
FOREST RIDGE
Students in Keizer’s charter
school-within-a-school
exceeded state averages in
language arts (63 percent) and
math (50 percent), but both
numbers were down from the
prior year. Regular attendance
was a staggering 91 percent
among the 129 students
enrolled. However, individual
student progress was rated low.
About a quarter of students at
OLE qualify for free or reduced
lunch.
standards, the state average is
39 percent. Approximately 44
percent of Whiteaker students
qualify for free or reduced
lunch. Individual student
progress was rated high.
WEDDLE
Both
language
arts
acquisition and math skills fell
from the prior year at Weddle.
The number of students
meeting grade-level language
arts goals fell 9 percent to
17 percent over the prior
school year. Just 10 percent of
students met grade-level math
standards, a fall of 3 percent
from the previous year. Overall
individual student progress was
rated low. More than 95 percent
of Weddle students qualify for
free or reduced lunch programs.
OTHER NOTES
Earlier this year, Keizertimes
reported on reading struggles
at McNary High School. At
the time, school administrators
had discovered 45 percent of
McNary freshmen tested below
grade-level reading skills. The
report cards released by state
offi cials appears to support
those earlier numbers and show
that the struggles generally span
the entire city and do not arise
from a single school.
Minority
students
in
Keizer are also unlikely to see
themselves refl ected in the
education profession in the city.
At McNary, roughly 45 percent
of the student body identify as
a minority but 94 percent of
teachers are white. At Weddle
Elementary, 70 percent of
students identify as a minority
and only 24 percent of teachers
claimed minority status.
WHITEAKER
Whiteaker students beat
state averages in both language
arts and math. Almost 60
percent of the Wolverines
met grade-level language
arts expectations, the state
average is 54 percent. In math,
47 percent met grade-level
CLAGGETT CREEK
At Claggett Creek, language
arts skills fell short of state
averages (41 percent) as did
math acquisition (30 percent).
However, individual student
progress was rated high across
the student body. More than 95
percent of students at CCMS
qualify for free or reduced
lunch programs.
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