Enrollment
100
Elementary
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH LANE SD 45J3·NCES 411158000609
Dorena School
37141 Row River Rd, Dorena, OR 97434 · (541) 946-1506 · Lane County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL100 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
77 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 9 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 8 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 4 | 4% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
28.8%
OR avg 43.0% . -19.1pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
OR avg 31.8% . -14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.8% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 34.0% |
% 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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Dorena School
Dorena School's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorena School this school | 100 | 77.0% | 30.9% |
| Takena Elementary School Albany | 122 | 76.2% | N/A |
| Lookingglass Elementary School Roseburg | 131 | 83.2% | 27.2% |
| Gladstone Center for Children and Families Gladstone | 109 | 82.6% | N/A |
| Athena Elementary School Athena | 124 | 74.2% | 41.9% |
| Central Elementary School Albany | 125 | 78.4% | 31.9% |
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 Dorena School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #350 of 591 | #34 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #529 of 646 ▼ 226 | #48 of 55 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #512 of 646 ▼ 282 | #51 of 55 ▼ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 100 | #662 of 710 | #56 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #293 of 645 | #22 of 55 |
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
100
+35 (+54%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 117
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 100 | 5.5 | 18.2:1 | 77% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 86 | 3 | 28.7:1 | 77% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 82 | 7.8 | 10.5:1 | 72% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 65 | 6 | 10.8:1 | 86% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 75 | 6.9 | 10.9:1 | 76% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 66 | 5 | 13.2:1 | 74% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 102 | 5 | 20.4:1 | 68% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 139 | 8 | 17.4:1 | 68% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 117 | 7 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dorena School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (75 to 100); teachers down 20% (6.9 to 5.5).
About Dorena School
Dorena School is a public small elementary school in Dorena, Oregon. Enrolled students number 100 students, in kindergarten through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students each.
In South Lane SD 45J3, 9 schools enroll a combined 2,697 students.
Dorena School enrolls a student body that is 88% White. After that, the student body is 9% Hispanic and 2% Native American. Dorena School has a diversity index of 22%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dorena School's 5.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.2:1. That ratio is over the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 77%. Across public schools in Lane County, the average is about the same, 76%.
Dorena School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.9% is 1.7 points below the 32.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Lane County show that median household income is about $71,544, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dorena School is among the 117 public schools in Lane County.
The nearest public school is Childs Way Charter School, at about 3.2 miles. Dorena School has 4 other public schools within ten miles. Dorena School comes in 2nd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Dorena School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21 the school reported 65 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 100. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. By 2024-25, the school had 18.2 students per teacher, compared with 10.8 in 2020-21.
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Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Lane SD 45J3
- Cottage Grove High SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Bohemia Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Academy for Character EducationCombined · 354 students
- Childs Way Charter SchoolCombined · 121 students
Nearby schools
- Childs Way Charter School3.2 mi · 121
- Harrison Elementary School9.5 mi · 450
- Academy for Character Education9.6 mi · 354
- Lincoln Middle School9.8 mi · 455
- Cottage Grove High School10.1 mi · 640
- Al Kennedy High School10.2 mi · 62
Frequently asked questions
About Dorena SchoolHow large is Dorena School?
Dorena School enrolls approximately 100 students in grades KG-08.
Is Dorena School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dorena School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Dorena School have?
Dorena School employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
How diverse is Dorena School?
Dorena School reports a student body of 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Dorena School?
Dorena School is overseen by South Lane SD 45J3 in Lane County.
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