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Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000781
Cummings Elementary School
613 Cummings Ln N, Keizer, OR 97303 · (503) 399-3141 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
353 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
17.5%
OR avg 43.0% . -7.2pp since 2023
Math
16.1%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.5% | 16.1% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 17.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cummings Elementary School
Cummings Elementary School's state test result (18.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cummings Elementary School this school | 397 | 88.9% | 18.1% |
| Oak Grove Elementary School Medford | 398 | 87.4% | 22.1% |
| Fairfield Elementary School Eugene | 381 | 87.4% | 30.8% |
| Gubser Elementary School Keizer | 423 | 87.9% | 28.4% |
| Sam Case Elementary Newport | 353 | 90.1% | 29.3% |
| Kennedy Elementary School Medford | 393 | 87.0% | 27.0% |
Matched among Oregon elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cummings Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #534 of 591 | #39 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #580 of 646 ▼ 17 | #44 of 62 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #618 of 646 ▼ 55 | #49 of 62 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #212 of 710 | #24 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #506 of 587 | #34 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #121 of 587 | #9 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #163 of 645 | #19 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #393 of 493 | #37 of 47 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
397
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 23.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 397 | 20.4 | 19.5:1 | 89% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 22.5 | 18.5:1 | 66% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 22.2 | 19.6:1 | 97% (423) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 18 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 20.9 | 21.1:1 | 59% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 20 | 21.6:1 | 66% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 20 | 23.1:1 | 51% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 21 | 18.6:1 | 36% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 23 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cummings Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (442 to 397); teachers down 3% (20.9 to 20.4).
About Cummings Elementary School
The public elementary school Cummings Elementary School is located in Keizer, Oregon. The school enrolls 397 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Oregon) has about 321 students.
Cummings Elementary School is one of 65 schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J, which enrolls 37,776 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Cummings Elementary School is White (47%). Other groups make up 38% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. Marion County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Cummings Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
A ratio of 19.5:1 comes from the school's 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 89% of students at Cummings Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Cummings Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (18.1%) and its predicted rate (28.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Marion County, median household income is about $77,351, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cummings Elementary School is one of 111 public schools in Marion County, which together enroll about 53,799 students.
The shortest distance from Cummings Elementary School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to McNary High School. The five-mile area around Cummings Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 25.6% proficiency; Cummings Elementary School posts 18.1%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 397 was 4% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 414. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.5:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Cummings Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Keizer
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Claggett Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- Whiteaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 654 students
- Keizer Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Gubser Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
Other Cummings Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cummings Elementary. Cummings Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Cummings Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 513 students
Nearby schools
- McNary High School0.7 mi · 1,995
- Keizer Elementary School1.1 mi · 565
- Weddle Elementary School1.1 mi · 352
- Claggett Creek Middle School1.2 mi · 798
- Kennedy Elementary School1.4 mi · 358
- Whiteaker Middle School1.6 mi · 654
Frequently asked questions
About Cummings Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cummings Elementary School?
Cummings Elementary School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cummings Elementary School serve?
Cummings Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cummings Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cummings Elementary School is approximately 19.5:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cummings Elementary School?
Cummings Elementary School reports a student body of 47% White, 38% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Two or more.
Is Cummings Elementary School public or private?
Cummings Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.