Candy Lane Elementary School

Located at 5901 SE Hull St, in Milwaukie, Oregon, Candy Lane Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school that caters to 363 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Oregon City SD 62.

Candy Lane Elementary School is one of 13 schools operated by Oregon City SD 62, a district that serves 7,202 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Candy Lane Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 41% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Clackamas County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 28.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Candy Lane Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Candy Lane Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Clackamas County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,517 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Clackamas County's 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), Candy Lane Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Gladstone High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Candy Lane Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Candy Lane Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Candy Lane Elementary School's enrollment has increased 35% since 2018, when it stood at 268 (now 363). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 41% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 28.4:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Candy Lane Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.