Clarkes Elementary School

Clarkes Elementary School, a modestly sized primary school in Mulino, Oregon, operated by Molalla River SD 35, hosts 153 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Clarkes Elementary School sits 52% below that benchmark.

Molalla River SD 35 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,546 students; Clarkes Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clarkes Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Clackamas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Clarkes Elementary School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 66% of students at Clarkes Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Clackamas County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clarkes Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.0%, the actual is 50.7%, a residual of +13.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Clackamas County put median household earnings sit near $103,517, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clarkes Elementary School is one of 118 public schools in Clackamas County (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students).

The closest other public school is Colton High School, roughly 3.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Clarkes Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Clarkes Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 27.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Clarkes Elementary School's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 166 (now 153). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 5% to 18%. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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