Adams Elementary School

Set in Corvallis, Oregon, Adams Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus, overseen by Corvallis SD 509J. It caters to 342 students across grades K through 5.

Corvallis SD 509J runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,916 students. Adams Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Adams Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest consists of 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 58% of students at Adams Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Adams Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.2%; this one delivers 45.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Benton County put the typical household earns roughly $77,702 per year, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Adams Elementary School is one of 26 public schools in Benton County (combined enrollment of about 9,268 students).

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Adams Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Adams Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.4%.

Adams Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 23%: 442 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 72% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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