Elgin High School

As a very small senior high in Elgin, Oregon, Elgin High School instructs 180 students from grades 7 through 12, run under Elgin SD 23. Enrollment runs roughly 71% below the state mean of about 630.

Elgin SD 23 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 384 students. Elgin High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Elgin High School shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.8:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Elgin High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.5%; this one delivers 21.6%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Union County put median household earnings sit near $65,661, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Union County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,646 students), Elgin High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Stella Mayfield Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elgin High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elgin High School has expanded 5%, going from 172 students in 2018 to 180 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.