Brush College Elementary School

Brush College Elementary School, a compact elementary school in Salem, Oregon, part of Salem-Keizer SD 24J, enrolls 250 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 321.

Salem-Keizer SD 24J comprises 65 schools with combined enrollment of 37,776 students; Brush College Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Brush College Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the income-and-resources front, Brush College Elementary School records 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Brush College Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.1%; this one delivers 41.5%.

In the area at large, Polk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $85,118 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Polk County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,121 students), of which Brush College Elementary School is one.

Kalapuya Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brush College Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brush College Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 33.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 273 students in 2018 compared to 250 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 22% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.