Douglas Gardens Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 18% |
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.2% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 42.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Oregon's top 10%.
Where Douglas Gardens Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #200 of 591 | #14 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #156 of 646 | #10 of 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #158 of 646 | #14 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #427 of 710 | #33 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #247 of 587 | #19 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #320 of 587 | #25 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #224 of 493 | #11 of 39 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 293 | 17.8 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 18.8 | 17.4:1 | 62% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 18.5 | 17.2:1 | 62% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 19.9 | 18.7:1 | 78% (290) |
About Douglas Gardens Elementary School
Douglas Gardens Elementary School, located in Springfield, Oregon, is a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 293 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Douglas Gardens Elementary School is one of 21 schools in Springfield SD 19, which enrolls 8,928 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Douglas Gardens Elementary School, about 68 are White. The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Among all residents of Lane County, the White share is about 81%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
Its ratio of 16.5:1 is based on 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon.
In Oregon, Douglas Gardens Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.1% compared with a predicted 23.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Lane County show that median household income comes to about $71,544, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Lane County counts 117 public schools with about 42,240 students.
Douglas Gardens Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Agnes Stewart Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Douglas Gardens Elementary School is ahead of the 25.9% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
Douglas Gardens Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment fell by 21% across 7 years, from 371 in 2017-18 to 293 in 2024-25. The Hispanic share was 26% in 2017-18 and 20% in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.7:1 to 16.5:1.
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