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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH WASCO COUNTY SD 21·NCES 410004801156
Dry Hollow Elementary School
1314 E 19th St, The Dalles, OR 97058 · (541) 506-3370 · Wasco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Oregon public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
422 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within North Wasco County SD 21. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.3%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
33.7%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.3% | 33.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 34.6% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Dry Hollow Elementary School
Dry Hollow Elementary School's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Hollow Elementary School this school | 424 | 99.5% | 37.4% |
| Mt Vernon Elementary School Springfield | 354 | 100.0% | 19.2% |
| Bear Creek Elementary School Bend | 521 | 97.3% | 27.1% |
| Talent Elementary School Talent | 349 | 100.0% | 34.0% |
| Ash Creek Elementary School Monmouth | 433 | 93.8% | 25.7% |
| Monmouth Elementary School Monmouth | 468 | 92.9% | 31.3% |
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 Dry Hollow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Wasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #253 of 591 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #322 of 646 ▼ 30 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #358 of 646 ▼ 19 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #161 of 710 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #491 of 587 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #208 of 587 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #85 of 645 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #290 of 493 | N/A |
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
424
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 424 | 22 | 19.3:1 | 100% (422) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 77% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 77% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 26 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 27.8 | 18.4:1 | 64% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 28 | 19.3:1 | 64% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 53% (246) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dry Hollow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (512 to 424); teachers down 21% (27.8 to 22).
About Dry Hollow Elementary School
Dry Hollow Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in The Dalles, Oregon. It has an enrollment of 424 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students, which makes this school 32% above average.
The 7 schools in North Wasco County SD 21 enroll 2,834 students altogether, Dry Hollow Elementary School among them.
The share of White students at Dry Hollow Elementary School is 51%, a majority. The remaining students are 42% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Wasco County is about 75% White. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Dry Hollow Elementary School are from different groups.
Based on 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, Dry Hollow Elementary School has a ratio of 19.3:1. The gap from the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon is 2.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. The 92% average for public schools in Wasco County is 8 points lower.
Dry Hollow Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 67% of Oregon public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Dry Hollow Elementary School is 13.4 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.4% actual, 23.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Oregon.
In the surrounding county, Wasco County, median household income comes to about $64,175, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 11, with about 3,407 students.
The Dalles Middle School is the nearest public school to Dry Hollow Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Nearby schools with test data average 26.6% proficiency; Dry Hollow Elementary School posts 37.4%.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 421 to 424. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 16.2:1 to 19.3:1.
People who know Dry Hollow Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Wasco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,552
Census ACS
Median income
$64,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,407 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Wasco County SD 21
- The Dalles High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- The Dalles Middle SchoolMiddle · 513 students
- Chenowith Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Colonel Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Innovations AcademyCombined · 232 students
- Mosier Community SchoolElementary · 161 students
Other schools in The Dalles
- The Dalles High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- The Dalles Middle SchoolMiddle · 513 students
- Chenowith Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Colonel Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Innovations AcademyCombined · 232 students
Nearby schools
- The Dalles Middle School0.4 mi · 513
- The Dalles High School1.0 mi · 795
- Colonel Wright Elementary School1.4 mi · 291
- Chenowith Elementary School3.6 mi · 418
- Innovations Academy3.7 mi · 232
- Lyle Middle School9.1 mi · 57
Frequently asked questions
About Dry Hollow Elementary SchoolHow large is Dry Hollow Elementary School?
Dry Hollow Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Dry Hollow Elementary School serve?
Dry Hollow Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dry Hollow Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dry Hollow Elementary School is approximately 19.3:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dry Hollow Elementary School?
At Dry Hollow Elementary School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 42% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Dry Hollow Elementary School public or private?
Dry Hollow Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Wasco County SD 21.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.