Amity Elementary School

Amity Elementary School is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in Amity, Oregon, run under Amity SD 4J, with 320 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Amity SD 4J runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 746 students. Amity Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Amity Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Yamhill County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Amity Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Yamhill County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Amity Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Yamhill County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,063 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Yamhill County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,724 students), Amity Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Amity High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Amity Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Amity Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Amity Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 320). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 13% to 19%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.