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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Grandhaven Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCMINNVILLE SD 40·NCES 410801001433
Grandhaven Elementary School
3200 NE McDonald Ln, McMinnville, OR 97128 · (503) 565-4700 · Yamhill County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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.
- B+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
15.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
376 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
49.8%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
41.2%
OR avg 31.8% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.8% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 44.5% |
% 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Grandhaven Elementary School
Grandhaven Elementary School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandhaven Elementary School this school | 446 | 84.3% | 39.7% |
| Newby Elementary School McMinnville | 443 | 81.9% | 32.6% |
| Kennedy Elementary School Medford | 393 | 87.0% | 27.0% |
| Gubser Elementary School Keizer | 423 | 87.9% | 28.4% |
| Harvey Clarke Elementary School Forest Grove | 390 | 80.0% | 37.5% |
| Wascher Elementary School Lafayette | 371 | 82.2% | 36.1% |
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 Grandhaven Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Yamhill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #229 of 591 | #7 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #221 of 646 ▼ 32 | #9 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #216 of 646 ▲ 15 | #5 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #130 of 710 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #161 of 587 | #4 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #241 of 587 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #227 of 645 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #328 of 493 | #11 of 16 |
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
446
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 446 | 28.9 | 15.5:1 | 84% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 27.5 | 15.8:1 | 65% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 27.5 | 16.1:1 | 70% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 26 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 30.8 | 17.0:1 | 68% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 68% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 27 | 18.4:1 | 61% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 565 | 24 | 23.5:1 | 51% (287) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grandhaven Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (525 to 446); teachers down 6% (30.8 to 28.9).
About Grandhaven Elementary School
Grandhaven Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in McMinnville, Oregon. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 446 students enrolled. It has 39% more students than the average for elementary schools in Oregon (about 321).
McMinnville SD 40 serves 6,293 students across 9 schools.
The share of White students at Grandhaven Elementary School is 57%, a majority. Other students are 35% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is lower than the 77% White share among all Yamhill County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Grandhaven Elementary School lists 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.5 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1. About 84% of students at Grandhaven Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Grandhaven Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 67% of Oregon public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Grandhaven Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Oregon schools: 39.7% actual against 29.9% predicted.
Census data for Yamhill County show median household income comes to about $90,063, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 34 public schools and about 14,724 students.
Grandhaven Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Patton Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Grandhaven Elementary School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
Grandhaven Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 6%.
The allk12 page for Grandhaven Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Yamhill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
108,734
Census ACS
Median income
$90,063
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McMinnville SD 40
- McMinnville High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
- Duniway Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Patton Middle SchoolMiddle · 646 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Newby Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Willamette Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
Other schools in McMinnville
- McMinnville High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
- Duniway Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Patton Middle SchoolMiddle · 646 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Newby Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Willamette Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
Nearby schools
- Patton Middle School0.7 mi · 646
- McMinnville High School1.0 mi · 2,228
- Memorial Elementary School1.3 mi · 557
- Duniway Middle School1.8 mi · 761
- Newby Elementary School1.9 mi · 443
- Willamette Elementary School2.7 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Grandhaven Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Grandhaven Elementary School?
Grandhaven Elementary School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades KG-05.
Is Grandhaven Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grandhaven Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Grandhaven Elementary School have?
Grandhaven Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
How diverse is Grandhaven Elementary School?
Grandhaven Elementary School reports a student body of 57% White, 35% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Grandhaven Elementary School?
Grandhaven Elementary School is overseen by McMinnville SD 40 in Yamhill County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.