A C Houghton Elementary School

A C Houghton Elementary School, an intimate elementary campus in Irrigon, Oregon, run under Morrow SD 1, educates 221 students, covering grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 321.

Morrow SD 1 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 2,234 students. A C Houghton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, A C Houghton Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 42% White, 3% Native American. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting A C Houghton Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at A C Houghton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), A C Houghton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 26.8%, a residual of -6.5 points.

Across the wider county, Morrow County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,448 per year, about 10% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. A C Houghton Elementary School is one of 10 public schools in Morrow County (combined enrollment of about 2,347 students).

The closest other public school is Irrigon Junior/Senior High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts A C Houghton Elementary School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 24.2%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. A C Houghton Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 221). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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