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What's the most underrated thing about Eyre Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000797
Eyre Elementary School
4868 Buffalo Dr SE, Salem, OR 97301 · (503) 399-3311 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
479 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
12.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
10.6%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.6% | 10.6% |
| 2023-24 | 14.0% | 7.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Eyre Elementary School
Eyre Elementary School's state test result (10.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eyre Elementary School this school | 538 | 89.0% | 10.8% |
| Swegle Elementary School Salem | 496 | 88.9% | 11.8% |
| Nyssa Elementary School Nyssa | 502 | 90.4% | 28.9% |
| Scott Elementary School Salem | 464 | 88.6% | 13.2% |
| Grant Community School Salem | 444 | 89.0% | 28.5% |
| Auburn Elementary School Salem | 592 | 88.3% | 10.9% |
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 Eyre Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #583 of 591 | #53 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #627 of 646 ▲ 9 | #53 of 62 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #637 of 646 ▼ 1 | #57 of 62 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #40 of 710 | #6 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #551 of 587 | #45 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #337 of 587 | #33 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #157 of 645 | #14 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #472 of 493 | #45 of 47 |
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
538
-35 (-6%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 538 | 25.7 | 20.9:1 | 89% (479) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 27.2 | 18.5:1 | 66% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 32.8 | 16.2:1 | 72% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 27 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 28.3 | 19.6:1 | 80% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 612 | 32 | 19.1:1 | 80% (491) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 86% (488) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 24 | 16.2:1 | 87% (339) |
| 1990-91 | 601 | 22 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eyre Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (553 to 538); teachers down 9% (28.3 to 25.7).
About Eyre Elementary School
Eyre Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Oregon, located in Salem. Enrolled students number 538 students, in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students each.
The 65 schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J enroll 37,776 students altogether, Eyre Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Eyre Elementary School, at 69%. Next come 20% White, 7% Pacific Islander, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 29% Hispanic among all Marion County residents. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.9:1, with 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 4.4 students per teacher above the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 89% of enrollment.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Eyre Elementary School is 28.0%. It actually posts 10.8%, which is 17.2 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Oregon schools.
Among Marion County residents, the median household income is $77,351, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Eyre Elementary School is one of 111 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Houck Middle School, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 13.5%, higher than Eyre Elementary School's 10.8%.
Eyre Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when Eyre Elementary School had 573 students, to 2024-25, when it had 538.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Nearby schools
- Houck Middle School0.5 mi · 830
- Miller Elementary School0.5 mi · 318
- Four Corners Elementary School0.8 mi · 362
- Auburn Elementary School1.3 mi · 592
- Roberts High School1.5 mi · 515
- Swegle Elementary School2.3 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Eyre Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Eyre Elementary School?
Eyre Elementary School enrolls approximately 538 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Eyre Elementary School serve?
Eyre Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Eyre Elementary School?
Approximately 20.9:1 students per teacher at Eyre Elementary School.
How diverse is Eyre Elementary School?
Eyre Elementary School reports a student body of 20% White, 69% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Eyre Elementary School in?
Eyre Elementary School is part of Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
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