Howard Eccles Elementary School

Located at 562 NW 5th Ave, in Canby, Oregon, Howard Eccles Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school that works with 371 students (grades K through 6), operated by Canby SD 86.

Canby SD 86 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,134 students; Howard Eccles Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Howard Eccles Elementary School logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Clackamas County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Howard Eccles Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Clackamas County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Howard Eccles Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.7%, the actual is 31.7%, a residual of -5.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Clackamas County) reports that median household income runs about $103,517, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Howard Eccles Elementary School is one of 118 public schools in Clackamas County (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students).

The closest other public school is William Knight Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Howard Eccles Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 441 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 75% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

On this page, members of the Howard Eccles Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.