Hucrest Elementary School

Hucrest Elementary School is a primary school of average-sized scale in Roseburg, Oregon, part of Douglas County SD 4, caters to 394 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Hucrest Elementary School sits 23% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in Douglas County SD 4 (5,530 students total), Hucrest Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Hucrest Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Native American, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hucrest Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.1%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of +15.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Douglas County put the typical household earns roughly $61,310 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Hucrest Elementary School is one of 50 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 13,417 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fullerton IV Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hucrest Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 34.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Hucrest Elementary School's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 394). White enrollment moved from 81% to 75% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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