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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EUGENE SD 4J·NCES 410474001345
Buena Vista Elementary School
1500 Queens Way, Eugene, OR 97401 · (541) 790-6500 · Lane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
278 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
39.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
27.4%
OR avg 31.8% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 are down about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 27.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.2% | 29.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Buena Vista Elementary School
Buena Vista Elementary School's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista Elementary School this school | 420 | 66.2% | 31.7% |
| Molalla Elementary School Molalla | 438 | 66.0% | 26.9% |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary School Eugene | 356 | 63.8% | 19.9% |
| Tualatin Elementary School Tualatin | 414 | 61.4% | 35.0% |
| May Street Elementary School Hood River | 452 | 70.8% | 52.3% |
| Butternut Creek Elementary School Aloha | 332 | 67.2% | 26.9% |
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 Buena Vista Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #337 of 591 | #30 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #413 of 646 ▼ 36 | #35 of 55 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #364 of 646 ▼ 18 | #30 of 55 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #169 of 710 | #13 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #384 of 587 | #36 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #161 of 587 | #6 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #417 of 645 | #32 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #410 of 493 | #32 of 39 |
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
420
-42 (-9%) vs 2020
+73% since 1990-91, when it was 243
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 420 | 23.6 | 17.8:1 | 66% (278) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 22 | 20.1:1 | 41% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | N/A | N/A | 32% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 20 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 18.2 | 25.3:1 | 33% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 16 | 26.6:1 | 35% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 245 | 12 | 20.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 229 | 11 | 20.8:1 | 14% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 243 | 11 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buena Vista Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (459 to 420); teachers up 30% (18.2 to 23.6).
About Buena Vista Elementary School
Buena Vista Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Eugene, Oregon, administered by Eugene SD 4J. Total enrollment is 420 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. It has 31% more students than the average for elementary schools in Oregon (about 321).
Enrollment across the 36 schools in Eugene SD 4J totals 15,712 students.
The largest group at Buena Vista Elementary School is White students, at 50%. The school is also 40% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 81% White share among all Lane County residents. The diversity index for Buena Vista Elementary School is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Buena Vista Elementary School, giving a ratio of 17.8:1. Elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 278 students, or 66%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 76% average among public schools in Lane County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.9% for Buena Vista Elementary School. The school posts 31.7%, 5.2 points below the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Lane County, median household income comes to about $71,544, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 117, with about 42,240 students.
Sheldon High School is the nearest public school to Buena Vista Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Buena Vista Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 462 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 420 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 23.1:1 to 17.8:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Buena Vista Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eugene SD 4J
- South Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Sheldon High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- North Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,079 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,031 students
- Gilham Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 557 students
Other schools in Eugene
- South Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Sheldon High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- Willamette High SchoolHigh · 1,455 students
- North Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,079 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,031 students
- Meadow View SchoolElementary · 672 students
Other Buena Vista Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 6 states are named Buena Vista Elementary. Buena Vista Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 11.
- Buena Vista ElementaryGreer, SC · 834 students
- Buena Vista ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 713 students
- Buena Vista ElementaryPalmdale, CA · 573 students
- Buena Vista Elementary SchoolDEL RIO, TX · 515 students
- Buena Vista ElementaryLompoc, CA · 498 students
Nearby schools
- Sheldon High School0.3 mi · 1,462
- Monroe Middle School0.5 mi · 519
- Cal Young Middle School0.8 mi · 475
- Holt Elementary School1.2 mi · 469
- Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center1.3 mi · 7
- Willagillespie Elementary School1.3 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Buena Vista Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Buena Vista Elementary School?
Buena Vista Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Buena Vista Elementary School serve?
Buena Vista Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Buena Vista Elementary School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Buena Vista Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Buena Vista Elementary School?
At Buena Vista Elementary School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 40% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Buena Vista Elementary School in?
Buena Vista Elementary School is part of Eugene SD 4J.
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