Haines Elementary School

As a cozy elementary campus in Baker City, Oregon, Haines Elementary School instructs 140 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by Baker SD 5J. Enrollment runs roughly 56% leaner than the state mean of about 321.

Baker SD 5J runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 5,201 students. Haines Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Haines Elementary School shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Baker County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Haines Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 27.1%; Haines Elementary School posts 62.5%, +35.4 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Baker County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,936 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Baker County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,551 students), Haines Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

North Powder Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.9 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Haines Elementary School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.1%.

Haines Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 149 students in 2018 compared to 140 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Haines Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.