Adams Elementary School

Adams Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Eugene, Oregon, one of the schools within Eugene SD 4J, hosts 365 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Eugene SD 4J, which oversees 36 schools and 15,712 students, Adams Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Adams Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Adams Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lane County (around 76%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Adams Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.5%; this one delivers 45.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lane County put median household earnings sit near $71,544, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Lane County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students), of which Adams Elementary School is one.

Arts and Technology Academy at Jefferson is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Adams Elementary School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Adams Elementary School has fell 24%, going from 483 students in 2018 to 365 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 8% to 16%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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