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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Howard Eccles Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANBY SD 86·NCES 410264000132
Howard Eccles Elementary School
562 NW 5th Ave, Canby, OR 97013 · (503) 263-7120 · Clackamas County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
247 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 25% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Based on grade levels within Canby SD 86. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.4%
OR avg 43.0% . +10.4pp since 2023
Math
33.6%
OR avg 31.8% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 40 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 are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 27.6% |
% 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
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Howard Eccles Elementary School
Howard Eccles Elementary School's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Eccles Elementary School this school | 371 | 66.6% | 31.7% |
| Yolanda Elementary School Springfield | 362 | 64.9% | 29.2% |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School Astoria | 352 | 66.2% | 33.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Grants Pass | 386 | 69.9% | 34.9% |
| Mabel Rush Elementary School Newberg | 378 | 67.7% | 42.0% |
| Amity Elementary School Amity | 320 | 64.7% | 26.8% |
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 Howard Eccles Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #335 of 591 | #47 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #324 of 646 ▲ 87 | #45 of 66 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #341 of 646 ▲ 141 | #47 of 66 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #265 of 710 | #37 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #265 of 587 | #26 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #370 of 587 | #36 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.6% | #414 of 645 | #6 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #311 of 493 | #28 of 43 |
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
371
-31 (-8%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 371 | 22.3 | 16.6:1 | 67% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 24 | 16.7:1 | 50% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 23.2 | 17.4:1 | 27% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 22 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 24 | 18.4:1 | 32% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 24 | 20.2:1 | 35% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 20 | 19.6:1 | 39% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 30% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 598 | 28 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howard Eccles Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (441 to 371); teachers down 7% (24 to 22.3).
About Howard Eccles Elementary School
Howard Eccles Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Canby, Oregon. It serves 371 students in kindergarten through 6.
Canby SD 86 enrolls 4,134 students in 8 schools, including Howard Eccles Elementary School.
At Howard Eccles Elementary School, White students make up 70% of the student body. After that, the student body is 23% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Clackamas County is about 79% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 22.3 full-time equivalents, or about 16.6 students per teacher. That is close to the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 67%. Compared with the 50% average for public schools in Clackamas County, the school's rate is higher.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Howard Eccles Elementary School would score about 36.7%. It scores 31.7%, 5.0 points below that figure.
Federal survey data for Clackamas County show that the median household income is $103,517, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 118 public schools in Clackamas County, enrolling about 57,601 students in all.
The nearest other public school, William Knight Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 31.8%; Howard Eccles Elementary School's is 31.7%, ranking 4th of 9.
The federal government classifies Howard Eccles Elementary School's location as Town: Fringe.
Over 4 years, Howard Eccles Elementary School's enrollment dropped 8%, to 371. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2020-21 to 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Clackamas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
423,975
Census ACS
Median income
$103,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
57,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canby SD 86
- Canby High SchoolHigh · 1,402 students
- Baker Prairie Middle SchoolMiddle · 532 students
- Ninety-One SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Cecile Trost Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Carus SchoolElementary · 325 students
- William Knight Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
Other schools in Canby
- Canby High SchoolHigh · 1,402 students
- Baker Prairie Middle SchoolMiddle · 532 students
- Cecile Trost Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- William Knight Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Philander Lee Elementary SchoolElementary · 279 students
Nearby schools
- William Knight Elementary School0.2 mi · 292
- Canby High School0.5 mi · 1,402
- Philander Lee Elementary School1.0 mi · 279
- Cecile Trost Elementary School1.4 mi · 457
- Baker Prairie Middle School1.6 mi · 532
- Wilsonville High School3.7 mi · 1,258
Frequently asked questions
About Howard Eccles Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Howard Eccles Elementary School?
Howard Eccles Elementary School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Howard Eccles Elementary School serve?
Howard Eccles Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Howard Eccles Elementary School have?
Howard Eccles Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Howard Eccles Elementary School?
Student demographics at Howard Eccles Elementary School are roughly 70% White, 23% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Howard Eccles Elementary School public or private?
Howard Eccles Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Canby SD 86.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.