Cecile Trost Elementary School

Located at 800 S Redwood, in Canby, Oregon, Cecile Trost Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary school that teaches 457 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Canby SD 86. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 42% larger than typical.

Within Canby SD 86, which oversees 8 schools and 4,134 students, Cecile Trost Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Cecile Trost Elementary School lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 28% White. By comparison, Clackamas County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Clackamas County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Cecile Trost Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.0%; this one comes in at 20.5%, -17.6 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Clackamas County put the typical household earns roughly $103,517 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Clackamas County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), of which Cecile Trost Elementary School is one.

Baker Prairie Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cecile Trost Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.1%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cecile Trost Elementary School has grew 7%, going from 427 students in 2018 to 457 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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