There are plenty of high-performing schools in areas of high poverty in the US. We already know hunger is a problem; that is why we have extensive meal services that make sure the kids are fed in the morning and at lunch. We already know there are bad parents; there always have been. These problems are dealt with much more effectively in other districts with much less money. Progressive education is the cause of failure. Oregon's schools are Progressive echo chambers. These canards about lack of money, family problems, too much testing, etc. just won't go away.  If you want your kids to have a modicum of understanding of the world around them you have to teach them yourselves. That is about your only choice in Eugene. Or try and get them into a Core Knowledge school like Franklin in Corvallis. Just move there and hope you get in via the lottery.