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What's one thing Auburn Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000774
Auburn Elementary School
4612 Auburn Rd NE, Salem, OR 97301 · (503) 399-3128 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
523 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
14.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
9.6%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.9% | 9.6% |
| 2023-24 | 15.7% | 10.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Auburn Elementary School
Auburn Elementary School's state test result (10.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Elementary School this school | 592 | 88.3% | 10.9% |
| Swegle Elementary School Salem | 496 | 88.9% | 11.8% |
| Eyre Elementary School Salem | 538 | 89.0% | 10.8% |
| Scott Elementary School Salem | 464 | 88.6% | 13.2% |
| Nyssa Elementary School Nyssa | 502 | 90.4% | 28.9% |
| Hammond Elementary School Salem | 460 | 88.3% | 21.1% |
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 Auburn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #581 of 591 | #51 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #634 of 646 ▼ 4 | #56 of 62 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #628 of 646 no change | #54 of 62 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #17 of 710 | #2 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #428 of 587 | #25 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #321 of 587 | #30 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #177 of 645 | #28 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #368 of 493 | #32 of 47 |
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
592
+38 (+7%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 514
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 592 | 32.3 | 18.4:1 | 88% (523) |
| 2023-24 | 596 | 29 | 20.6:1 | 67% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 31.7 | 17.1:1 | 71% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 23 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 32.5 | 20.8:1 | 82% (554) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 30 | 21.8:1 | 82% (535) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 29 | 22.4:1 | 75% (491) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 67% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 514 | 21 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Auburn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (676 to 592); teachers down 1% (32.5 to 32.3).
About Auburn Elementary School
Auburn Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Salem, Oregon, one of the schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 592 students. That puts enrollment 84% larger than the 321-student average for elementary schools in Oregon.
Salem-Keizer SD 24J has 37,776 students in 65 schools, and Auburn Elementary School is one of those schools.
The largest group at Auburn Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 68%. Other groups make up 20% White, 5% Pacific Islander, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 29% of Marion County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
Auburn Elementary School has 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 18.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 88% at Auburn Elementary School.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 28.3% for Auburn Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 10.9%. The 17.4-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Oregon schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Marion County show that the median household earns about $77,351 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Marion County, 111 public schools serve about 53,799 students.
Among nearby public schools, Four Corners Elementary School is closest at about 1.0 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Auburn Elementary School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Auburn Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 554 to 592. Students per teacher dropped from 24.1 in 2020-21 to 18.4 in 2024-25.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Other Auburn Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Auburn Elementary. Auburn Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 9.
- Auburn Elementary SchoolAuburn, KY · 760 students
- Auburn Elementary SchoolAuburn, GA · 678 students
- Auburn ElementaryRiner, VA · 544 students
- Auburn ElementaryAuburn, CA · 501 students
- Auburn Elementary SchoolAUBURN, MI · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Four Corners Elementary School1.0 mi · 362
- Swegle Elementary School1.0 mi · 496
- Roberts High School1.0 mi · 515
- Eyre Elementary School1.3 mi · 538
- Hoover Elementary School1.3 mi · 402
- Houck Middle School1.4 mi · 830
Frequently asked questions
About Auburn Elementary SchoolHow large is Auburn Elementary School?
Auburn Elementary School enrolls approximately 592 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Auburn Elementary School serve?
Auburn Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Auburn Elementary School?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Auburn Elementary School.
How diverse is Auburn Elementary School?
Auburn Elementary School reports a student body of 20% White, 68% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Auburn Elementary School?
Auburn Elementary School is overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J in Marion County.
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