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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EUGENE SD 4J·NCES 410474000544
Howard Elementary School
700 Howard Ave, Eugene, OR 97404 · (541) 790-4900 · Lane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
313 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 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
57%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
27.3%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
23.6%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.8pp 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 24 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.3% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.9% | 19.8% |
% 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
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 Howard Elementary School
Howard Elementary School's state test result (20.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Elementary School this school | 474 | 66.0% | 20.8% |
| Holt Elementary School Eugene | 469 | 63.5% | 36.6% |
| Willagillespie Elementary School Eugene | 427 | 64.4% | 40.1% |
| Mabel Rush Elementary School Newberg | 378 | 67.7% | 42.0% |
| Bohemia Elementary School Cottage Grove | 443 | 67.0% | 25.1% |
| John Wetten Elementary School Gladstone | 589 | 62.5% | 36.1% |
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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #503 of 591 | #48 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #478 of 646 ▲ 48 | #45 of 55 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #533 of 646 ▲ 22 | #52 of 55 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #94 of 710 | #6 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #149 of 587 | #12 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #212 of 587 | #13 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.0% | #419 of 645 | #33 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #483 of 493 | #38 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
474
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 474 | 30.9 | 15.3:1 | 66% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 31.4 | 15.2:1 | 79% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | N/A | N/A | 65% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 91% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 26.3 | 18.3:1 | 74% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 21 | 19.5:1 | 73% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 272 | 16 | 17.0:1 | 75% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 375 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 57% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 20 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (481 to 474); teachers up 18% (26.3 to 30.9).
About Howard Elementary School
This page covers Howard Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Eugene, Oregon. It had 474 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Oregon have about 321 students on average; enrollment here is 48% higher.
Eugene SD 4J runs Howard Elementary School along with 35 other schools, enrolling 15,712 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Howard Elementary School is White: 61%. The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic and 17% multiracial. The school's White share is 20 points below the 81% share among Lane County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
The school lists 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 66% of the student body. Across public schools in Lane County, the average is 76%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 20.8%, is 16.1 points below the 36.9% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Oregon schools.
The county, Lane County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $71,544 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Lane County has 117 public schools with about 42,240 students, including Howard Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Kelly Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Howard Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 20.8% is below the 26.8% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 487 students in 2020-21 to 474 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Howard Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Howard Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named Howard Elementary. Howard Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 14.
- Howard Elementary SchoolMedford, OR · 275 students
- Howard ElementaryGallatin, TN · 591 students
- Howard ElementaryMadera, CA · 487 students
- HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGRAND ISLAND, NE · 484 students
- Howard Elementary SchoolDEARBORN, MI · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Kelly Middle School0.2 mi · 407
- North Eugene High School0.5 mi · 1,079
- River Road/El Camino del Rio Elementary School0.9 mi · 416
- LESD Life Skills0.9 mi · 170
- Fairfield Elementary School1.2 mi · 381
- Malabon Elementary School1.3 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Howard Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Howard Elementary School?
Howard Elementary School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades KG-05.
Is Howard Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Howard Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Howard Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Howard Elementary School.
How diverse is Howard Elementary School?
Howard Elementary School reports a student body of 61% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Howard Elementary School public or private?
Howard Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Eugene SD 4J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.