Highland Elementary School

Highland Elementary School is one of the low-enrollment primary schools in Salem, Oregon, overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J, with 263 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Across the 65 schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J (37,776 students total), Highland Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Highland Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, Highland Elementary School records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Highland Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.6%, the actual is 15.7%, a residual of -11.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household earnings sit near $77,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Marion County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), of which Highland Elementary School is one.

Jane Goodall Environmental Middle Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Highland Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Highland Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 39% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 263). The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 55% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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