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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Kalmiopsis Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
547
Elementary
DISTRICT 426 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROOKINGS-HARBOR SD 17C·NCES 410231000254
Kalmiopsis Elementary School
650 Easy St, Brookings, OR 97415 · (541) 469-7417 · Curry County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
471 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Based on grade levels within Brookings-Harbor SD 17C. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
31.5%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.5% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.6% | 25.5% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Kalmiopsis Elementary School
Kalmiopsis Elementary School's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalmiopsis Elementary School this school | 547 | 86.1% | 28.0% |
| Griffin Creek Elementary School Medford | 492 | 86.8% | 32.9% |
| Faulconer-Chapman School Sheridan | 515 | 83.1% | 16.0% |
| Pacific Ridge Elementary School Seaside | 557 | 86.0% | 34.4% |
| Meadow View School Eugene | 672 | 87.9% | 29.3% |
| Sherwood Heights Elementary School Pendleton | 439 | 83.8% | 21.7% |
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 Kalmiopsis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #396 of 591 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #384 of 646 ▲ 67 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #468 of 646 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 547 | #38 of 710 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #242 of 587 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #236 of 587 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.1% | #219 of 645 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #134 of 493 |
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
547
-58 (-10%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 547 | 33.3 | 16.4:1 | 86% (471) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 66% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 32.9 | 18.7:1 | 66% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 30 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 35 | 21.0:1 | 56% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 34 | 22.1:1 | 61% (459) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 29 | 23.6:1 | 65% (442) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 30 | 20.8:1 | 49% (305) |
| 1990-91 | 666 | 30 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kalmiopsis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (736 to 547); teachers down 5% (35 to 33.3).
About Kalmiopsis Elementary School
Kalmiopsis Elementary School is an elementary school located in Brookings, Oregon, in Curry County. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 547 students. That compares with an average of about 321 students for elementary schools in Oregon.
Kalmiopsis Elementary School is among 3 schools run by Brookings-Harbor SD 17C, which serves 1,278 students.
Federal enrollment data show Kalmiopsis Elementary School is 63% White. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 5% Native American. The county population is about 84% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
With 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.4:1. The 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon is close to this figure. Roughly 86% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
In Oregon, Kalmiopsis Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 28.0% actual against a predicted 29.2%.
The county, Curry County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $62,244, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 7 public schools and about 1,913 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Kalmiopsis Elementary School from the closest public school, Brookings-Harbor High School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Kalmiopsis Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Kalmiopsis Elementary School as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 547, compared with 605 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.4:1) than in 2020-21 (20.2:1).
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Curry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,381
Census ACS
Median income
$62,244
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,913 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brookings-Harbor SD 17C
- Brookings-Harbor High SchoolHigh · 422 students
- Azalea Middle SchoolMiddle · 309 students
Other schools in Brookings
- Brookings-Harbor High SchoolHigh · 422 students
- Azalea Middle SchoolMiddle · 309 students
Nearby schools
- Brookings-Harbor High School0.2 mi · 422
- Azalea Middle School0.2 mi · 309
- Smith River Elementary11.3 mi · 258
- Redwood Elementary14.8 mi · 452
- Sunset High18.5 mi · 82
- Pine Grove Elementary19.5 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Kalmiopsis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kalmiopsis Elementary School?
Kalmiopsis Elementary School enrolls approximately 547 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Kalmiopsis Elementary School serve?
Kalmiopsis Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kalmiopsis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kalmiopsis Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kalmiopsis Elementary School?
At Kalmiopsis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 20% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Kalmiopsis Elementary School public or private?
Kalmiopsis Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Brookings-Harbor SD 17C.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.