Joan Austin Elementary School

Joan Austin Elementary School is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in Newberg, Oregon, operated by Newberg SD 29J, caters to 195 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Joan Austin Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Newberg SD 29J, a district that educates 4,028 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Joan Austin Elementary School logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 26% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Joan Austin Elementary School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Joan Austin Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 38.4%.

In the surrounding community, Yamhill County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,063 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Joan Austin Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Yamhill County (combined enrollment of about 14,724 students).

Newberg Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Joan Austin Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.6%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Joan Austin Elementary School has decreased 43%, going from 341 students in 2018 to 195 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 75% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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