Gaffney Lane Elementary School

Gaffney Lane Elementary School is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Oregon City, Oregon, overseen by Oregon City SD 62, enrolling 419 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% larger than the state mean of about 321.

Oregon City SD 62 comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,202 students; Gaffney Lane Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Gaffney Lane Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest comes out to 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Gaffney Lane Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.1%.

Around the school, census data for Clackamas County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,517 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Clackamas County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), of which Gaffney Lane Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Gardiner Middle School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gaffney Lane Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Gaffney Lane Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gaffney Lane Elementary School has contracted 23%, going from 542 students in 2018 to 419 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 70% across the same window.

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