Alameda Intermediate School

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Ontario, Oregon, Alameda Intermediate School works with 355 students from grades 4 through 5, overseen by Ontario SD 8C.

Ontario SD 8C runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,406 students. Alameda Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Alameda Intermediate School shows that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 29% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Malheur County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 101% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Malheur County runs at roughly 89%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Alameda Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.2%; this one delivers 25.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Malheur County indicate median household earnings sit near $54,519, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Malheur County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,566 students), Alameda Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Aiken Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alameda Intermediate School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alameda Intermediate School has shrank 8%, going from 387 students in 2018 to 355 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 37% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.