Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 212 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KNAPPA SD 4·NCES 410004000176
Hilda Lahti Elementary School
41535 Old Hwy 30, Astoria, OR 97103 · (503) 458-6162 · Clatsop County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Oregon public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
198 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 38% smaller than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Hilda Lahti Elementary School→Knappa High School
Based on grade levels within Knappa SD 4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.3%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
18.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.3% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 28.9% | 18.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hilda Lahti Elementary School
Hilda Lahti Elementary School's state test result (19.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilda Lahti Elementary School this school | 293 | 67.6% | 19.9% |
| Elmira Elementary School Elmira | 261 | 70.5% | 33.2% |
| Centennial Elementary School Scio | 291 | 63.6% | 32.1% |
| West Sutherlin Intermediate Sutherlin | 284 | 64.8% | 21.8% |
| East Sutherlin Primary School Sutherlin | 246 | 69.5% | N/A |
| Helman Elementary School Ashland | 260 | 64.2% | 62.2% |
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 Hilda Lahti Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clatsop County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #514 of 591 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #541 of 646 ▲ 13 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #532 of 646 ▼ 28 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #423 of 710 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #117 of 587 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.4% | #563 of 587 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #405 of 645 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #274 of 493 | N/A |
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
293
-55 (-16%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 293 | 19.8 | 14.8:1 | 68% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 19.3 | 15.9:1 | 51% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 21 | 14.8:1 | 32% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 21 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 357 | 21.5 | 16.6:1 | 50% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 332 | 18 | 18.4:1 | 54% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 19 | 17.7:1 | 51% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 407 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 28% (112) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilda Lahti Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (357 to 293); teachers down 8% (21.5 to 19.8).
About Hilda Lahti Elementary School
Hilda Lahti Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Astoria, Oregon. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend, and enrollment is 293 students.
Knappa SD 4 has a total of 2 schools and 424 students, Hilda Lahti Elementary School among them.
White students make up 86% of enrollment at Hilda Lahti Elementary School. Other students are 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, Clatsop County is about 83% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 25% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hilda Lahti Elementary School and a ratio of 14.8:1. This ratio sits 1.7 below the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 68% of students.
Hilda Lahti Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 8% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 36.3% for Hilda Lahti Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 19.9%. The 16.4-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Oregon schools.
Among Clatsop County residents, the median household income is $71,822, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Hilda Lahti Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in the county.
Knappa High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles of Hilda Lahti Elementary School, there are 3 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 19.9% is below the 35.7% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
The school enrolled 293 students in 2024-25, 55 fewer than the 348 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.6:1 to 14.8:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Hilda Lahti Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Clatsop County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,363
Census ACS
Median income
$71,822
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Astoria
- Astoria Senior High SchoolHigh · 594 students
- Astoria Middle SchoolMiddle · 454 students
- Lewis & Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 352 students
- Astor Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Knappa High SchoolHigh · 131 students
Nearby schools
- Knappa High School0.1 mi · 131
- Astor Elementary School8.8 mi · 342
- Astoria Middle School9.9 mi · 454
- Lewis & Clark Elementary School10.4 mi · 352
- Astoria Senior High School10.8 mi · 594
- Julius A Wendt Elementary/John C Thomas Middle School12.0 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About Hilda Lahti Elementary SchoolHow large is Hilda Lahti Elementary School?
Hilda Lahti Elementary School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Hilda Lahti Elementary School serve?
Hilda Lahti Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Hilda Lahti Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Hilda Lahti Elementary School.
How diverse is Hilda Lahti Elementary School?
Hilda Lahti Elementary School reports a student body of 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hilda Lahti Elementary School public or private?
Hilda Lahti Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Knappa SD 4.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.