Gilham Elementary School

Gilham Elementary School is an elementary campus of sizable scale in Eugene, Oregon, overseen by Eugene SD 4J, caters to 572 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Gilham Elementary School sits 78% larger than that benchmark.

Eugene SD 4J runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 15,712 students. Gilham Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gilham Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment; the rest reads as 12% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Lane County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Gilham Elementary School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lane County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Gilham Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.2%; this one delivers 43.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lane County shows median household income runs about $71,544, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Gilham Elementary School is one of 117 public schools in Lane County (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students).

Cal Young Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gilham Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 560 students in 2018 compared to 572 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 77% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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