Bessie Coleman Elementary School

Bessie Coleman Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary campus in Corvallis, Oregon, part of Corvallis SD 509J, caters to 351 students, covering grades K through 5.

Corvallis SD 509J runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,916 students. Bessie Coleman Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Bessie Coleman Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment; the rest looks like 14% Asian, 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Benton County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Bessie Coleman Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 58% of students at Bessie Coleman Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bessie Coleman Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 40.2%; Bessie Coleman Elementary School posts 60.0%, +19.7 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Benton County put the typical household earns roughly $77,702 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Benton County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,268 students), Bessie Coleman Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Kathryn Jones Harrison Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bessie Coleman Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 46.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bessie Coleman Elementary School's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 434 (now 351). Asian enrollment moved from 19% to 14% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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