Echo School

As a reasonably sized K-12 campus in Echo, Oregon, Echo School serves 328 students from grades pre-K through 12, part of Echo SD 5.

Operationally, Echo School answers to Echo SD 5, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Echo School shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Umatilla County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.5:1, putting Echo School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Umatilla County runs at roughly 89%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Echo School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 42.0%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Umatilla County shows median household income runs about $67,728, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Echo School is one of 35 public schools in Umatilla County (combined enrollment of about 13,143 students).

The closest other public school is Stanfield Secondary School, roughly 3.8 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Echo School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 11%: 295 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.