Gervais Elementary School

Set in Gervais, Oregon, Gervais Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school, run under Gervais SD 1. It serves 384 students across grades K through 5.

Gervais SD 1 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,247 students. Gervais Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Gervais Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Marion County's rate of about 83%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gervais Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.7%; this one delivers 26.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Marion County shows median household earnings sit near $77,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Marion County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), of which Gervais Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Gervais High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gervais Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 17.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gervais Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 384). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 69% to 74%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.