Heppner Elementary School

Heppner Elementary School, a close-knit elementary school in Heppner, Oregon, part of Morrow SD 1, works with 185 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Morrow SD 1 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 2,234 students; Heppner Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Heppner Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Morrow County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Heppner Elementary School reports 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at Heppner Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Heppner Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.4%; this one delivers 42.1%.

Around the school, census data for Morrow County shows median household income runs about $75,448, 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Morrow County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,347 students), Heppner Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Heppner Junior/Senior High School, around 0.8 miles off. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heppner Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 29.4%.

Heppner Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Heppner Elementary School has grew 9%, going from 169 students in 2018 to 185 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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