Black Butte Elementary School

Black Butte Elementary School, a micro-enrollment elementary campus in Camp Sherman, Oregon, part of Black Butte SD 41, caters to 24 students, covering grades K through 8. That puts it 93% smaller than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Operationally, Black Butte Elementary School answers to Black Butte SD 41, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Black Butte Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 17% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,260 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Jefferson County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,386 students), Black Butte Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Sisters High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 11.9 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Black Butte Elementary School has shrank 29%, going from 34 students in 2018 to 24 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 91% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 in 2025.

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