Cummings Elementary School

Cummings Elementary School, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Keizer, Oregon, operated by Salem-Keizer SD 24J, instructs 397 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% larger than the state mean of about 321.

Cummings Elementary School is one of 65 schools operated by Salem-Keizer SD 24J, a district that educates 37,776 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Cummings Elementary School reports that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 38% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Cummings Elementary School shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.5:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cummings Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.1%, the actual is 18.1%, a residual of -10.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,351 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cummings Elementary School is one of 111 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students).

Nearest neighbor: McNary High School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cummings Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cummings Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cummings Elementary School has contracted 10%, going from 442 students in 2018 to 397 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 67% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Cummings Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.