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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KLAMATH COUNTY SD·NCES 410702000495
Ferguson Elementary School
2901 Homedale Rd, Klamath Falls, OR 97603 · (541) 883-5036 · Klamath County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Oregon public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
19.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
491 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
48.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -8.6pp since 2023
Math
35.9%
OR avg 31.8% . -13.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.5% | 49.8% |
% 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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Ferguson Elementary School
Ferguson Elementary School's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson Elementary School this school | 524 | 93.7% | 41.6% |
| Peterson Elementary School Klamath Falls | 573 | 92.3% | 25.9% |
| Taft Elementary School Lincoln City | 464 | 90.9% | 19.6% |
| Shasta Elementary School Klamath Falls | 505 | 93.3% | 31.6% |
| Monmouth Elementary School Monmouth | 468 | 92.9% | 31.3% |
| Henley Elementary School Klamath Falls | 493 | 92.9% | 30.5% |
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 Ferguson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Klamath County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #207 of 591 | #4 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #290 of 646 ▼ 148 | #6 of 15 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #226 of 646 ▼ 89 | #2 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #47 of 710 | #2 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #500 of 587 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #289 of 587 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.7% | #111 of 645 | #5 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #44 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
524
+36 (+7%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 524 | 27 | 19.4:1 | 94% (491) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 30.3 | 16.8:1 | 75% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 29.3 | 18.4:1 | 74% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 25 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 24.9 | 19.5:1 | 63% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 24 | 20.0:1 | 63% (303) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 60% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 24 | 22.3:1 | 47% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 24 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ferguson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (487 to 524); teachers up 8% (24.9 to 27).
About Ferguson Elementary School
Federal records list Ferguson Elementary School as an elementary school in Klamath Falls, Oregon. School enrollment was 524 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students.
Klamath County SD is responsible for 21 schools, Ferguson Elementary School included, with 6,774 students in all.
Ferguson Elementary School is 65% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Native American. In Klamath County overall, about 77% of residents are White. Ferguson Elementary School's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 27 full-time equivalents, or about 19.4 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Oregon have 16.5:1, compared with 19.4:1 here. About 94% of students, or 491, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Klamath County average 95%.
Ferguson Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ferguson Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Oregon schools: 41.6% actual against 26.2% predicted.
Federal survey data for Klamath County show that the median household income is $58,830, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Klamath County is home to 30 public schools and about 9,474 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Mazama High School is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ferguson Elementary School. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Ferguson Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
2024-25 enrollment was 524, a 7% increase from 488 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Ferguson Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Klamath County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,247
Census ACS
Median income
$58,830
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
9,474 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Klamath County SD
- Henley High SchoolHigh · 720 students
- Mazama High SchoolHigh · 690 students
- Peterson Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Shasta Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Henley Elementary SchoolElementary · 493 students
- Henley Middle SchoolMiddle · 413 students
Other schools in Klamath Falls
- Henley High SchoolHigh · 720 students
- Mazama High SchoolHigh · 690 students
- Klamath Union High SchoolHigh · 671 students
- Peterson Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Ponderosa Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Shasta Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
Other Ferguson Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ferguson Elementary. Ferguson Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ferguson Elementary SchoolDuluth, GA · 856 students
Nearby schools
- Mazama High School0.7 mi · 690
- Shasta Elementary School0.8 mi · 505
- Peterson Elementary School0.8 mi · 573
- Brixner Junior High School1.2 mi · 396
- Stearns Elementary School1.2 mi · 354
- Klamath Learning Center2.0 mi · 180
Frequently asked questions
About Ferguson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ferguson Elementary School?
Ferguson Elementary School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades KG-06.
Is Ferguson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ferguson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Ferguson Elementary School?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Ferguson Elementary School.
How diverse is Ferguson Elementary School?
Ferguson Elementary School reports a student body of 65% White, 25% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ferguson Elementary School?
Ferguson Elementary School is overseen by Klamath County SD in Klamath County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.