Clarkes Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 26 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 18% |
School pathway
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 19 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.4% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 58.3% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% 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%.
Where Clarkes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #117 of 591 | #19 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #245 of 646 | #34 of 66 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #156 of 646 | #23 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 153 | #627 of 710 | #66 of 67 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 153 | 10 | 15.3:1 | 66% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 162 | 11.5 | 14.1:1 | 46% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 154 | 10 | 15.4:1 | 36% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 166 | 7.1 | 23.6:1 | 31% (51) |
About Clarkes Elementary School
A low-enrollment elementary school in Mulino, Oregon, Clarkes Elementary School is part of Molalla River SD 35. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 153 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Oregon have about 321 students on average; enrollment here is 52% lower.
District-wide, Molalla River SD 35 has 7 schools and 2,546 students.
White students are 79% of those enrolled at Clarkes Elementary School. The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Clackamas County, where about 79% of residents are White. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Clarkes Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The school has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 15.3:1 compares with an average of 16.5:1 for elementary schools in Oregon. Federal data show 66% of students (101) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Clackamas County average 50%.
A school with Clarkes Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Oregon is predicted to score 37.0%. Clarkes Elementary School scores 50.7%, 13.8 points above that line.
In Clackamas County, median household income comes to about $103,517, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 118, with about 57,601 students.
Colton Virtual Academy sits about 3.5 miles from Clarkes Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 27.2% proficiency; Clarkes Elementary School posts 50.7%.
NCES describes the area around Clarkes Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school shrank from 166 students in 2017-18 to 153 in 2024-25. Hispanic students went from 5% of enrollment in 2017-18 to 18% in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 23.6:1 in 2017-18 to 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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