Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 227 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASHLAND SD 5·NCES 410156000397
Helman Elementary School
705 Helman St, Ashland, OR 97520 · (541) 482-5620 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
167 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Ashland SD 5. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.4%
OR avg 43.0% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
63.1%
OR avg 31.8% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.4% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 57.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 Helman Elementary School
Helman Elementary School's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helman Elementary School this school | 260 | 64.2% | 62.2% |
| Bellview Elementary School Ashland | 248 | 64.1% | 62.0% |
| Ridgeline Montessori Eugene | 244 | 63.5% | 65.3% |
| West Sutherlin Intermediate Sutherlin | 284 | 64.8% | 21.8% |
| Spring Creek Elementary School Eugene | 247 | 64.0% | 34.5% |
| Eastside School Coos Bay | 274 | 60.9% | N/A |
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 Helman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #51 of 591 | #3 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #55 of 646 ▲ 30 | #3 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #76 of 646 ▲ 19 | #5 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #485 of 710 | #24 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #116 of 587 | #1 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #433 of 587 | #19 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.2% | #439 of 645 | #31 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #154 of 493 | #11 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
260
-33 (-11%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 319
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 260 | 17.5 | 14.8:1 | 64% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 19.6 | 15.2:1 | 31% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 21.2 | 14.7:1 | 30% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 17 | 17.2:1 | 32% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 17 | 20.2:1 | 26% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 16 | 19.4:1 | 39% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 14 | 21.9:1 | 34% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 225 | 13 | 17.3:1 | 46% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 319 | 15 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Helman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (344 to 260); teachers up 3% (17 to 17.5).
About Helman Elementary School
Families in Ashland, Oregon, are served by Helman Elementary School, a small elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 260 students enrolled.
Ashland SD 5 runs Helman Elementary School along with 5 other schools, enrolling 2,313 students in total.
More than half of the students at Helman Elementary School are White (75%). Beyond that, enrollment is 13% multiracial and 10% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.
Staffing at Helman Elementary School comes to 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1. Helman Elementary School counts 64% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 84% average for public schools in Jackson County is 20 points.
Test results at Helman Elementary School are 24.6 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.2%, compared with a predicted 37.6%, which ranks in the top 10% in Oregon.
For Jackson County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $73,999, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 70 public schools in the county, enrolling about 30,143, Helman Elementary School among them.
Helman Elementary School is about 1.4 miles from Ashland High School, its nearest public school. Helman Elementary School has 7 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 43.6% on proficiency, and Helman Elementary School is above that at 62.2%.
NCES assigns Helman Elementary School the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% decline, from 293 to 260. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.2:1 to 14.8:1.
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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 Ashland SD 5
- Ashland High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Ashland Middle SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Bellview Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 242 students
- TRAILS Outdoor SchoolElementary · 157 students
Other schools in Ashland
- Ashland High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Ashland Middle SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Bellview Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolElementary · 242 students
- TRAILS Outdoor SchoolElementary · 157 students
- Pinehurst Elementary SchoolElementary · 8 students
Nearby schools
- Ashland High School1.4 mi · 877
- Ashland Middle School1.7 mi · 529
- TRAILS Outdoor School1.8 mi · 157
- Walker Elementary School1.9 mi · 242
- Bellview Elementary School3.1 mi · 248
- Talent Elementary School4.6 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Helman Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Helman Elementary School?
Helman Elementary School enrolls approximately 260 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Helman Elementary School serve?
Helman Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Helman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Helman Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Helman Elementary School?
At Helman Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Helman Elementary School public or private?
Helman Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ashland SD 5.
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