Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FERN RIDGE SD 28J·NCES 410495000597
Elmira Elementary School
88960 Territorial Rd, Elmira, OR 97437 · (541) 935-8214 · Lane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Oregon public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
16.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
184 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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 Fern Ridge SD 28J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.7%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
28.8%
OR avg 31.8% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 are down about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 34.8% |
% 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
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Elmira Elementary School
Elmira Elementary School's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmira Elementary School this school | 261 | 70.5% | 33.2% |
| Madrone Trail Public Charter School Central Point | 249 | 73.5% | 23.5% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Sweet Home | 260 | 74.2% | 23.3% |
| Humbolt Elementary School Canyon City | 247 | 72.9% | 27.0% |
| East Sutherlin Primary School Sutherlin | 246 | 69.5% | N/A |
| Hilda Lahti Elementary School Astoria | 293 | 67.6% | 19.9% |
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 Elmira Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #311 of 591 | #29 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #387 of 646 ▼ 98 | #31 of 55 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #336 of 646 ▼ 3 | #27 of 55 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #483 of 710 | #37 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #232 of 587 | #16 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #561 of 587 | #44 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.5% | #371 of 645 | #25 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #473 of 493 | #37 of 39 |
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
261
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 320
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 261 | 16 | 16.3:1 | 70% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 17 | 16.6:1 | 37% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 17 | 16.8:1 | 37% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 15 | 18.3:1 | 92% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 268 | 13.4 | 20.1:1 | 53% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 253 | 13 | 19.5:1 | 58% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 267 | 15 | 17.8:1 | 57% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 267 | 13 | 20.5:1 | 36% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 320 | 14 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elmira Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (268 to 261); teachers up 20% (13.4 to 16).
About Elmira Elementary School
Federal records list Elmira Elementary School as an elementary school in Elmira, Oregon. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 261 students.
The district, Fern Ridge SD 28J, has 1,374 students enrolled across 5 schools.
Of every 100 students at Elmira Elementary School, about 85 are White. The school is also 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.
The school's 16 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. At Elmira Elementary School, 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Oregon public elementary schools, Elmira Elementary School outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Oregon with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 35.2%. Elmira Elementary School scores 33.2%.
Looking at the county, Lane County, the median household earns about $71,544 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Lane County has 117 public schools with about 42,240 students, including Elmira Elementary School.
Elmira Elementary School's nearest public school is Fern Ridge Middle School (about 0.3 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Elmira Elementary School places 4th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Elmira Elementary School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 274 in 2020-21 to 261 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.3:1 to 16.3:1.
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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 Fern Ridge SD 28J
- Elmira High SchoolHigh · 374 students
- Veneta Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Fern Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 315 students
- West Lane Charter SchoolHigh · 84 students
Other schools in Elmira
- Elmira High SchoolHigh · 374 students
- Fern Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Fern Ridge Middle School0.3 mi · 315
- Elmira High School0.3 mi · 374
- West Lane Charter School1.2 mi · 84
- Veneta Elementary School1.6 mi · 340
- Applegate Elementary School5.7 mi · 225
- Crow High School6.2 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About Elmira Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Elmira Elementary School?
Elmira Elementary School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades KG-05.
Is Elmira Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elmira Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Elmira Elementary School have?
Elmira Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Elmira Elementary School?
Student demographics at Elmira Elementary School are roughly 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Elmira Elementary School public or private?
Elmira Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fern Ridge SD 28J.
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