Evergreen Elementary School

Evergreen Elementary School, a tiny K-5 school in Silverton, Oregon, operated by Silver Falls SD 4J, teaches 67 students, covering grades K through 8. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Evergreen Elementary School sits 79% smaller than that benchmark.

Evergreen Elementary School is one of 13 schools operated by Silver Falls SD 4J, a district that educates 3,651 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Evergreen Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Marion County (around 83%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Evergreen Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 42.9%; Evergreen Elementary School posts 85.3%, +42.5 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Marion County) logs that median household earnings sit near $77,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Evergreen Elementary School is one of 111 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students).

Robert Frost Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Evergreen Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.3%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Evergreen Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 84 (now 67). Class-load math has tightened: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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