Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KLAMATH FALLS CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 410708000483
Joseph Conger Elementary School
1700 California, Klamath Falls, OR 97601 · (541) 883-4772 · Klamath County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Oregon public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
269 students
DISTRICT 102% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Joseph Conger Elementary School→Ponderosa Middle School
Based on grade levels within Klamath Falls City Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
36.7%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.7% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 27.3% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Joseph Conger Elementary School
Joseph Conger Elementary School's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Conger Elementary School this school | 269 | 100.0% | 29.3% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Klamath Falls | 344 | 99.4% | 46.5% |
| Fruitdale Elementary School Grants Pass | 225 | 100.0% | 51.8% |
| Nestucca K8 Cloverdale | 336 | 93.8% | 19.9% |
| Talent Elementary School Talent | 349 | 100.0% | 34.0% |
| Colonel Wright Elementary School The Dalles | 291 | 98.6% | 24.2% |
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 Joseph Conger Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Klamath County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #378 of 591 | #10 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #344 of 646 ▲ 71 | #8 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #404 of 646 ▼ 13 | #11 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #464 of 710 | #8 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #187 of 587 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #160 of 587 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #79 of 645 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.3% | #56 of 493 | #1 of 8 |
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
269
+19 (+8%) vs 2020
+32% since 2000-01, when it was 204
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 269 | 17 | 15.8:1 | 100% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 15.3 | 18.8:1 | 95% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 16 | 17.9:1 | 89% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 12 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 19.2 | 21.0:1 | 69% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 20 | 21.1:1 | 70% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 18 | 21.4:1 | 70% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 204 | 11 | 18.6:1 | 53% (108) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph Conger Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (403 to 269); teachers down 12% (19.2 to 17).
About Joseph Conger Elementary School
As a low-enrollment elementary school, Joseph Conger Elementary School serves students in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 269 students enrolled.
Joseph Conger Elementary School reports to Klamath Falls City Schools, which has 9 schools and 2,700 students.
At 59%, White students outnumber all other groups at Joseph Conger Elementary School combined. It is also 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% Native American. Klamath County's residents are about 77% White, 18 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Joseph Conger Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Teachers at Joseph Conger Elementary School total 17 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.8:1. Elementary schools in Oregon have a similar average ratio of 16.5:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%.
allk12 grades Joseph Conger Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Joseph Conger Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Oregon is predicted to score 23.8%. Joseph Conger Elementary School scores 29.3%, 5.5 points above that line.
Klamath County census figures show that median household income is about $58,830, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Joseph Conger Elementary School is among the 30 public schools in Klamath County.
Klamath Union High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Joseph Conger Elementary School is behind the 32.7% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
For locale, NCES codes Joseph Conger Elementary School as Town: Remote.
Enrollment was 250 in 2020-21 and 269 in 2024-25, a rise of 19 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.8:1 to 15.8:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Klamath County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,247
Census ACS
Median income
$58,830
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
9,474 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Klamath Falls City Schools
- Klamath Union High SchoolHigh · 671 students
- Ponderosa Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 344 students
- Mills Elementary SchoolElementary · 299 students
- Pelican Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
- Klamath Learning CenterHigh · 180 students
Other schools in Klamath Falls
- Henley High SchoolHigh · 720 students
- Mazama High SchoolHigh · 690 students
- Klamath Union High SchoolHigh · 671 students
- Peterson Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Ponderosa Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Ferguson Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
Nearby schools
- Klamath Union High School0.9 mi · 671
- Pelican Elementary School1.1 mi · 257
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.1 mi · 344
- Eagle Ridge New Tech High School1.3 mi · 74
- Mills Elementary School1.7 mi · 299
- Ponderosa Middle School1.8 mi · 561
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph Conger Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Joseph Conger Elementary School?
Joseph Conger Elementary School enrolls approximately 269 students in grades KG-05.
Is Joseph Conger Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joseph Conger Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Joseph Conger Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Joseph Conger Elementary School.
How diverse is Joseph Conger Elementary School?
Joseph Conger Elementary School reports a student body of 59% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Joseph Conger Elementary School?
Joseph Conger Elementary School is overseen by Klamath Falls City Schools in Klamath County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.