Brockway Elementary School

Brockway Elementary School operates as a compact elementary school in Winston, Oregon, part of Winston-Dillard SD 116. Current enrollment sits at 224 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Brockway Elementary School sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Winston-Dillard SD 116, which oversees 6 schools and 1,292 students, Brockway Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brockway Elementary School lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Brockway Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Douglas County's rate of about 82%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Douglas County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $61,310 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Douglas County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,417 students), of which Brockway Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Douglas High School, around 0.7 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 35%: 343 students in 2018 compared to 224 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.