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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Griffin Creek Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEDFORD SD 549C·NCES 410804000428
Griffin Creek Elementary School
2430 Griffin Creek Rd, Medford, OR 97501 · (541) 842-3740 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Oregon public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
18.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
427 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
40.8%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
33.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.6% | 33.2% |
% 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Griffin Creek Elementary School
Griffin Creek Elementary School's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Creek Elementary School this school | 492 | 86.8% | 32.9% |
| Riverview School Lebanon | 423 | 87.7% | 33.5% |
| Kalmiopsis Elementary School Brookings | 547 | 86.1% | 28.0% |
| Lone Pine Elementary School Medford | 461 | 87.6% | 44.9% |
| Vale Elementary School Vale | 438 | 82.9% | 37.7% |
| Faulconer-Chapman School Sheridan | 515 | 83.1% | 16.0% |
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 Griffin Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #313 of 591 | #15 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #319 of 646 ▲ 2 | #14 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #333 of 646 ▲ 20 | #13 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #74 of 710 | #6 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #472 of 587 | #23 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #346 of 587 | #17 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #216 of 645 | #22 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #347 of 493 | #25 of 28 |
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
492
+29 (+6%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 364
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 492 | 26 | 18.9:1 | 87% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 65% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 28.1 | 20.4:1 | 70% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 27 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 26.3 | 21.8:1 | 45% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 27 | 22.1:1 | 45% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 593 | 24 | 24.7:1 | 42% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 556 | 22 | 25.3:1 | 21% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 364 | 18 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Griffin Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (573 to 492); teachers down 1% (26.3 to 26).
About Griffin Creek Elementary School
In Medford, Oregon, Griffin Creek Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 492 students. That is 53% larger than the average of about 321 students for elementary schools in Oregon.
In Medford SD 549C, 25 schools enroll a combined 13,735 students.
Federal enrollment data show Griffin Creek Elementary School is 69% White. Other groups include 23% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 81% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Griffin Creek Elementary School totals 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Oregon, 16.5:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Griffin Creek Elementary School is about 87%.
Griffin Creek Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of Oregon public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 28.9%.
Census data for Jackson County show median household income comes to about $73,999, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 70 public schools in the county, enrolling about 30,143, Griffin Creek Elementary School among them.
The closest school to Griffin Creek Elementary School is South Medford High School, located about 1.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Griffin Creek Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
A 6% rise took enrollment from 463 in 2020-21 to 492 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.9:1) than in 2020-21 (17.1:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Griffin Creek Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
222,645
Census ACS
Median income
$73,999
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
70
30,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Medford SD 549C
- South Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- North Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Logos Charter SchoolCombined · 1,285 students
- Hedrick Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- McLoughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Oakdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
Other schools in Medford
- South Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- North Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Logos Charter SchoolCombined · 1,285 students
- Hedrick Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- McLoughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Oakdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
Nearby schools
- South Medford High School1.1 mi · 1,856
- Washington Elementary School2.0 mi · 221
- Oak Grove Elementary School2.1 mi · 398
- Jefferson Elementary School2.2 mi · 381
- Oakdale Middle School2.3 mi · 745
- McLoughlin Middle School2.7 mi · 826
Frequently asked questions
About Griffin Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Griffin Creek Elementary School?
Griffin Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 492 students in grades KG-05.
Is Griffin Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Griffin Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Griffin Creek Elementary School?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Griffin Creek Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Griffin Creek Elementary School?
At Griffin Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Griffin Creek Elementary School in?
Griffin Creek Elementary School is part of Medford SD 549C.
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