Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000778
Bush Elementary School
410 14th St SE, Salem, OR 97301 · (503) 399-3134 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
227 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
20.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 up about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.6% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.9% | 14.5% |
% 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
16.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Bush Elementary School
Bush Elementary School's state test result (16.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bush Elementary School this school | 255 | 89.0% | 16.9% |
| Richmond Elementary School Salem | 242 | 88.8% | 11.4% |
| Ferndale Elementary School Milton-Freewater | 240 | 84.6% | 23.6% |
| Kennedy Elementary School Keizer | 358 | 90.8% | 17.2% |
| North Marion Primary School Aurora | 285 | 91.9% | N/A |
| North Marion Intermediate School Aurora | 345 | 86.7% | 25.6% |
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 Bush Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #543 of 591 | #41 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #581 of 646 ▲ 10 | #45 of 62 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #593 of 646 ▼ 5 | #44 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #498 of 710 | #49 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #405 of 587 | #21 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #174 of 587 | #15 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #158 of 645 | #15 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #198 of 493 | #17 of 47 |
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
255
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 255 | 14.1 | 18.1:1 | 89% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 13 | 19.4:1 | 68% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 16 | 15.9:1 | 72% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 13 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 18.8 | 17.5:1 | 69% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 16 | 19.7:1 | 69% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 272 | 15 | 18.1:1 | 79% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 18 | 17.9:1 | 86% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 20 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bush Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (328 to 255); teachers down 25% (18.8 to 14.1).
About Bush Elementary School
Bush Elementary School is a small elementary school located in Salem, Oregon. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 255 students. The school is 21% below the average for elementary schools in Oregon.
Bush Elementary School reports to Salem-Keizer SD 24J, which has 65 schools and 37,776 students.
About 58% of the student body at Bush Elementary School is Hispanic. Other groups include 27% White, 7% multiracial, and 6% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Marion County residents are about 29% Hispanic. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Bush Elementary School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Bush Elementary School totals 14.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1:1. Compared with the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 89% of students (227) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 28.0% at Bush Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 16.9%.
The school is in Marion County, where median household income comes to about $77,351, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Marion County's 111 public schools enroll about 53,799 students and include Bush Elementary School.
Richmond Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Bush Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Bush Elementary School is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (258) to 2024-25 (255). The ratio was 19.9:1 in 2020-21 and 18.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Other Bush Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bush Elementary. Bush Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 8.
- Bush Elementary SchoolTHE WOODLANDS, TX · 881 students
- Bush Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 780 students
- Bush Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 703 students
- Bush Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 527 students
- Bush ElementaryMESA, AZ · 524 students
Nearby schools
- Richmond Elementary School0.7 mi · 242
- North Salem High School0.9 mi · 2,107
- Howard Street Charter0.9 mi · 184
- Parrish Middle School0.9 mi · 691
- South Salem High School1.0 mi · 2,195
- Englewood Elementary School1.1 mi · 285
Frequently asked questions
About Bush Elementary SchoolHow large is Bush Elementary School?
Bush Elementary School enrolls approximately 255 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Bush Elementary School serve?
Bush Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bush Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bush Elementary School is approximately 18.1:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bush Elementary School?
At Bush Elementary School, the student body is approximately 27% White, 58% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Bush Elementary School public or private?
Bush Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
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