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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
100
+25 (+33%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 10.9:1
% White
88%
was 81%
% Hispanic
9%
was 7%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Dorena School
Dorena School, an one-room-style elementary campus in Dorena, Oregon, part of South Lane SD 45J3, works with 100 students, covering grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 69% smaller than the state mean of about 321.
South Lane SD 45J3 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 2,697 students. Dorena School is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Dorena School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic, 2% Native American.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, Dorena School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.7%, the actual is 30.9%, a residual of -1.7 points.
Around the school, census data for Lane County shows median household income runs about $71,544, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lane County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students), Dorena School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Childs Way Charter School, around 3.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Dorena School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 25.8%.
Dorena School operates from a small-town location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dorena School has increased 33%, going from 75 students in 2018 to 100 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.
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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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