Butte Creek Elementary School

Set in Mt Angel, Oregon, Butte Creek Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Silver Falls SD 4J. It instructs 303 students across grades K through 8.

Across the 13 schools in Silver Falls SD 4J (3,651 students total), Butte Creek Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Butte Creek Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest looks like 19% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Clackamas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Butte Creek Elementary School shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Butte Creek Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.6%, the actual is 31.9%, a residual of -10.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Clackamas County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,517 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Clackamas County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), of which Butte Creek Elementary School is one.

Scotts Mills Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Butte Creek Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 310 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.

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