John McLoughlin Elementary School

John McLoughlin Elementary School is an elementary campus of sizable scale in Oregon City, Oregon, operated by Oregon City SD 62, hosting 585 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so John McLoughlin Elementary School sits 82% above that benchmark.

Oregon City SD 62 runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,202 students. John McLoughlin Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, John McLoughlin Elementary School lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. Compared to Clackamas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, John McLoughlin Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting John McLoughlin Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, John McLoughlin Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.5%; this one delivers 46.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Clackamas County) shows that median household income runs about $103,517, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Clackamas County's 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), John McLoughlin Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Willamette Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John McLoughlin Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 617 students in 2018 compared to 585 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

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