Four Corners Elementary School

Four Corners Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in Salem, Oregon, one of the schools within Salem-Keizer SD 24J, with 362 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within Salem-Keizer SD 24J, which oversees 65 schools and 37,776 students, Four Corners Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Four Corners Elementary School shows that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 18% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Four Corners Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 28.5%; this one comes in at 10.3%, -18.2 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Marion County) logs that median household income runs about $77,351, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Four Corners Elementary School is one of 111 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students).

Nearest neighbor: Houck Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Four Corners Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 13.5%.

Four Corners Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 27%: 496 students in 2018 compared to 362 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 23% to 18% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 26.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Four Corners Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.