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Alumni: what's one memory from Holt Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EUGENE SD 4J·NCES 410474001609
Holt Elementary School
770 Calvin St, Eugene, OR 97401 · (541) 790-6100 · Lane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
298 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.8%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
33.6%
OR avg 31.8% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.8% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 39.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Holt Elementary School
Holt Elementary School's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holt Elementary School this school | 469 | 63.5% | 36.6% |
| Howard Elementary School Eugene | 474 | 66.0% | 20.8% |
| Willagillespie Elementary School Eugene | 427 | 64.4% | 40.1% |
| Ardenwald Elementary School Milwaukie | 396 | 58.3% | 37.2% |
| John Wetten Elementary School Gladstone | 589 | 62.5% | 36.1% |
| Mabel Rush Elementary School Newberg | 378 | 67.7% | 42.0% |
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 Holt Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #264 of 591 | #22 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #325 of 646 ▼ 90 | #26 of 55 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #320 of 646 ▼ 14 | #26 of 55 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #100 of 710 | #7 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #246 of 587 | #18 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #225 of 587 | #14 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #451 of 645 | #48 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #242 of 493 | #13 of 39 |
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
469
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 469 | 28.5 | 16.4:1 | 64% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 27.7 | 16.8:1 | 77% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | N/A | N/A | 65% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 92% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 26.9 | 21.7:1 | 56% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 25 | 21.2:1 | 55% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 24 | 21.2:1 | 43% (220) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (585 to 469); teachers up 6% (26.9 to 28.5).
About Holt Elementary School
Holt Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Oregon, located in Eugene. It has an enrollment of 469 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Oregon, the average enrollment is about 321.
Eugene SD 4J has 36 schools and 15,712 students, and Holt Elementary School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Holt Elementary School is White: 62%. The next largest groups are 19% Hispanic and 14% multiracial. The school's White share is 19 points below the 81% share among Lane County residents. The diversity index for Holt Elementary School is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. That is in line with the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. The school reported 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in Lane County, the average eligibility rate is 76%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Holt Elementary School is -1.3 points: 36.6% actual, 37.9% predicted.
In Lane County, home to about 384,207 people, median household income comes to about $71,544, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Lane County's 117 public schools enroll about 42,240 students and include Holt Elementary School.
The closest school to Holt Elementary School is Monroe Middle School, located about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Holt Elementary School is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 469 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 486. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.0:1 in 2020-21 to 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Holt Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eugene SD 4J
- South Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Sheldon High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- North Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,079 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,031 students
- Gilham Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 557 students
Other schools in Eugene
- South Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Sheldon High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- Willamette High SchoolHigh · 1,455 students
- North Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,079 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,031 students
- Meadow View SchoolElementary · 672 students
Other Holt Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Holt Elementary. Holt Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Holt ElementaryDurham, NC · 587 students
- Holt Elementary SchoolTuscaloosa, AL · 448 students
Nearby schools
- Monroe Middle School0.6 mi · 519
- Guy Lee Elementary School0.8 mi · 325
- Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center0.9 mi · 7
- Centennial Elementary School1.1 mi · 345
- Sheldon High School1.2 mi · 1,462
- Buena Vista Elementary School1.2 mi · 420
Frequently asked questions
About Holt Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Holt Elementary School?
Holt Elementary School enrolls approximately 469 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Holt Elementary School serve?
Holt Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Holt Elementary School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Holt Elementary School.
How diverse is Holt Elementary School?
Holt Elementary School reports a student body of 62% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Holt Elementary School?
Holt Elementary School is overseen by Eugene SD 4J in Lane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.