Oregon-Davis Elementary School

Oregon-Davis Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary-level community in Hamlet, Indiana, run under Oregon-Davis School Corp. The school teaches 299 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Oregon-Davis Elementary School sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.

Oregon-Davis Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Oregon-Davis School Corp, a district that works with 527 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Oregon-Davis Elementary School logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. Compared to Starke County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Starke County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, Oregon-Davis Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.8%; this one delivers 45.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Starke County) records that the typical household earns roughly $63,960 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Starke County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,114 students), of which Oregon-Davis Elementary School is one.

Oregon-Davis Jr-Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oregon-Davis Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oregon-Davis Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 294 students in 2018 to 299 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.