Aiken Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Ontario, Oregon, Aiken Elementary School enrolls 333 students from grades 2 through 3, overseen by Ontario SD 8C.

Within Ontario SD 8C, which oversees 7 schools and 2,406 students, Aiken Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Aiken Elementary School lists that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 28% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Aiken Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 101% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Malheur County's rate of about 89%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Aiken Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.3%; this one delivers 28.6%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Malheur County put median household earnings sit near $54,519, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Malheur County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,566 students), of which Aiken Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Ontario High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Aiken Elementary School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.2%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Aiken Elementary School has grew 11%, going from 300 students in 2018 to 333 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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