Condon Elementary School

Condon Elementary School is an elementary campus of one-room-style scale in Condon, Oregon, one of the schools within Condon SD 25J, instructing 85 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 74% smaller than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Condon SD 25J runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 131 students. Condon Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Condon Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest looks like 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Native American.

On the resource side, On paper, Condon Elementary School has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. An estimated 114% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Gilliam County (around 88%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Gilliam County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,917 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Gilliam County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 261 students), of which Condon Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Condon High School, around 0.0 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 90 students in 2018 compared to 85 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 88% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.