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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 361 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERIDAN SD 48J·NCES 411122001285
Faulconer-Chapman School
332 SW Cornwall St, Sheridan, OR 97378 · (971) 261-6960 · Yamhill County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Oregon public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
23.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
428 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 10% larger than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Faulconer-Chapman School→Sheridan High School
Based on grade levels within Sheridan SD 48J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
23.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
15.6%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 | 23.6% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.6% | 12.7% |
% 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
16.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Faulconer-Chapman School
Faulconer-Chapman School's state test result (16.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faulconer-Chapman School this school | 515 | 83.1% | 16.0% |
| Siuslaw Elementary School Florence | 519 | 84.2% | 31.6% |
| Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School Damascus | 477 | 82.4% | 44.8% |
| Kalmiopsis Elementary School Brookings | 547 | 86.1% | 28.0% |
| Griffin Creek Elementary School Medford | 492 | 86.8% | 32.9% |
| Barnes Butte Elementary Prineville | 510 | 79.4% | 37.4% |
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 Faulconer-Chapman School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Yamhill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #548 of 591 | #16 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #585 of 646 ▲ 23 | #17 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #563 of 646 ▲ 2 | #17 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #53 of 710 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #581 of 587 | #15 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #275 of 587 | #8 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #235 of 645 | #5 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #65 of 88 | N/A |
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
515
+60 (+13%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 515 | 21.9 | 23.5:1 | 83% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 33.5 | 14.4:1 | 79% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 26.4 | 18.3:1 | 89% (429) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 30 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 33.6 | 14.8:1 | 76% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 76% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 75% (469) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 53% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 19 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Faulconer-Chapman School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (498 to 515); teachers down 35% (33.6 to 21.9).
About Faulconer-Chapman School
Located in Sheridan, Oregon, Faulconer-Chapman School is a large elementary school. In all, 515 students attend the school in kindergarten through 8. It has 60% more students than the average for elementary schools in Oregon (about 321).
The 3 schools of Sheridan SD 48J, including Faulconer-Chapman School, enroll 1,082 students.
The share of White students at Faulconer-Chapman School is 66%, a majority. The remaining students are 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% Native American. Census figures show Yamhill County is about 77% White. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Faulconer-Chapman School are from different groups.
Based on 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Faulconer-Chapman School has a ratio of 23.5:1. The gap from the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon is 7.0 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 83%.
Faulconer-Chapman School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Oregon public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Faulconer-Chapman School is -14.3 points: 16.0% actual, 30.3% predicted.
For Yamhill County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $90,063, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 34 public schools and about 14,724 students.
Faulconer-Chapman School's closest public school neighbor is Sheridan High School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Faulconer-Chapman School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Faulconer-Chapman School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's student count rose 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 15.2:1 to 23.5:1.
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Yamhill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
108,734
Census ACS
Median income
$90,063
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sheridan SD 48J
- Sheridan AllPrep AcademyCombined · 356 students
- Sheridan High SchoolHigh · 211 students
Other schools in Sheridan
- Sheridan AllPrep AcademyCombined · 356 students
- Sheridan High SchoolHigh · 211 students
Nearby schools
- Sheridan High School0.4 mi · 211
- Sheridan AllPrep Academy0.7 mi · 356
- Willamina Middle School3.6 mi · 186
- Willamina Elementary School3.6 mi · 357
- Willamina High School3.6 mi · 274
- Perrydale School7.9 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Faulconer-Chapman SchoolHow many students attend Faulconer-Chapman School?
Faulconer-Chapman School enrolls approximately 515 students in grades KG-08.
Is Faulconer-Chapman School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Faulconer-Chapman School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Faulconer-Chapman School?
Approximately 23.5:1 students per teacher at Faulconer-Chapman School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Faulconer-Chapman School?
At Faulconer-Chapman School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 16% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Faulconer-Chapman School in?
Faulconer-Chapman School is part of Sheridan SD 48J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.