Keating Elementary School

Located at 41964 Miles Bridge Rd, in Baker City, Oregon, Keating Elementary School is a rural-scale elementary campus that enrolls 26 students (grades K through 6), operated by Baker SD 5J. Enrollment runs roughly 92% below the state mean of about 321.

Across the 11 schools in Baker SD 5J (5,201 students total), Keating Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Keating Elementary School records that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Baker County put median household earnings sit near $60,936, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Baker County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,551 students), Keating Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Brooklyn Primary School, around 13.1 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Keating Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 25 (now 26). White enrollment moved from 64% to 96% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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