Hamilton Creek School

Hamilton Creek School is one of the compact K-5 schools in Lebanon, Oregon, part of Lebanon Community SD 9, with 252 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Hamilton Creek School sits 21% below that benchmark.

Hamilton Creek School is one of 9 schools operated by Lebanon Community SD 9, a district that serves 3,916 students overall.

On demographics, Hamilton Creek School logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest consists of 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Linn County (around 79%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hamilton Creek School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.9%, the actual is 24.5%, a residual of -4.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Linn County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,329 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Linn County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), of which Hamilton Creek School is one.

The closest other public school is Seven Oak Middle School, roughly 2.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Hamilton Creek School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hamilton Creek School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.1%.

Hamilton Creek School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 307 students in 2018 compared to 252 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 87% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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