Heritage Elementary

Heritage Elementary operates as a high-enrollment K-5 school in Woodburn, Oregon, one of the schools within Woodburn SD 103. Current enrollment sits at 678 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 111% above the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Heritage Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Woodburn SD 103, a district that serves 5,220 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Heritage Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 24% White. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 83%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Heritage Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 34.2%; this one comes in at 14.3%, -19.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Marion County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $77,351 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marion County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), of which Heritage Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Valor Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Heritage Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 13.9%.

Heritage Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 892 students in 2018 compared to 678 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 31% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.