Hillside Elementary

Hillside Elementary, a mid-sized K-5 school in Eagle Point, Oregon, one of the schools within Eagle Point SD 9, teaches 401 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 25% above typical.

Across the 11 schools in Eagle Point SD 9 (4,134 students total), Hillside Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hillside Elementary shows that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, Hillside Elementary lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Hillside Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 101% of students at Hillside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Jackson County's rate of about 84%.

After controlling for student poverty, Hillside Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.2%, the actual is 23.1%, a residual of -0.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $73,999, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Jackson County runs 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,143 students), of which Hillside Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is URCEO-Upper Rogue Center for Educational Opportunities, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hillside Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 25.4%.

Hillside Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 401 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 11% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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