Helman Elementary School

As a cozy elementary school in Ashland, Oregon, Helman Elementary School enrolls 260 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Ashland SD 5.

Ashland SD 5 comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,313 students; Helman Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Helman Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jackson County (around 84%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Helman 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 37.6%; Helman Elementary School posts 62.2%, +24.6 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jackson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $73,999 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Helman Elementary School is one of 70 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 30,143 students).

The closest other public school is Ashland High School, roughly 1.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Helman Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Helman Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.6%.

Helman Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 24%: 344 students in 2018 compared to 260 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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