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What's the most underrated thing about Adams Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EUGENE SD 4J·NCES 410474000530
Adams Elementary School
950 W 22nd Ave, Eugene, OR 97405 · (541) 790-5000 · Lane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
236 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.7%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
45.4%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.7% | 45.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 43.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adams Elementary School
Adams Elementary School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Elementary School this school | 365 | 64.7% | 45.0% |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School Astoria | 352 | 66.2% | 33.6% |
| Mabel Rush Elementary School Newberg | 378 | 67.7% | 42.0% |
| Yolanda Elementary School Springfield | 362 | 64.9% | 29.2% |
| Sandy Grade School Sandy | 327 | 67.0% | 44.0% |
| Willagillespie Elementary School Eugene | 427 | 64.4% | 40.1% |
Matched among Oregon elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adams Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #163 of 591 | #9 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #169 of 646 ▲ 24 | #11 of 55 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #139 of 646 ▲ 13 | #9 of 55 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #279 of 710 | #21 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #154 of 587 | #13 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #355 of 587 | #30 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #432 of 645 | #37 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #156 of 493 | #9 of 39 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
365
-62 (-15%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 233
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 19.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 365 | 23.8 | 15.4:1 | 65% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 25.8 | 15.4:1 | 73% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | N/A | N/A | 32% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 22 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 21.3 | 22.7:1 | 41% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 21 | 22.4:1 | 39% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 199 | 10 | 19.9:1 | 50% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 215 | 11 | 19.6:1 | 47% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 233 | 13 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adams Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (483 to 365); teachers up 12% (21.3 to 23.8).
About Adams Elementary School
At 950 W 22nd Ave in Eugene, Oregon, Adams Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It had 365 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
Eugene SD 4J has 36 schools and 15,712 students, and Adams Elementary School is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Adams Elementary School are White (71%). The rest of enrollment is 16% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Lane County's population at about 81%. The diversity index for Adams Elementary School is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 65% of the student body. Public schools in Lane County average 76%.
The model predicts 37.5% for a school in Oregon with Adams Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Adams Elementary School posts 45.0%.
The county, Lane County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $71,544, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Lane County has 117 public schools with about 42,240 students, including Adams Elementary School.
Arts and Technology Academy at Jefferson is about 0.4 miles from Adams Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Adams Elementary School places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Adams Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 62 students, from 427 to 365. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.4:1 to 15.4:1.
The allk12 page for Adams Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eugene SD 4J
- South Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Sheldon High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- North Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,079 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,031 students
- Gilham Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 557 students
Other schools in Eugene
- South Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Sheldon High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- Willamette High SchoolHigh · 1,455 students
- North Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,079 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,031 students
- Meadow View SchoolElementary · 672 students
Other Adams Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 20 states are named Adams Elementary. Adams Elementary School is the 19th largest of the 41.
- Adams Elementary SchoolCorvallis, OR · 342 students
- ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 767 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 743 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 667 students
- Adams ElementaryCary, NC · 655 students
Nearby schools
- Arts and Technology Academy at Jefferson0.4 mi · 350
- Cesar Chavez Elementary School0.7 mi · 356
- Network Charter School0.8 mi · 119
- Yujin Gakuen Elementary School0.8 mi · 216
- Lane School1.1 mi · 31
- Transitions1.1 mi · 40
Frequently asked questions
About Adams Elementary SchoolHow large is Adams Elementary School?
Adams Elementary School enrolls approximately 365 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Adams Elementary School serve?
Adams Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Adams Elementary School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Adams Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Adams Elementary School?
Student demographics at Adams Elementary School are roughly 71% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Adams Elementary School in?
Adams Elementary School is part of Eugene SD 4J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.