Keizer Elementary School

Keizer Elementary School is an elementary school of substantial scale in Keizer, Oregon, operated by Salem-Keizer SD 24J, teacheing 565 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 76% above the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Within Salem-Keizer SD 24J, which oversees 65 schools and 37,776 students, Keizer Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Keizer Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 35% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Keizer Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Keizer Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Keizer Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Marion County shows median household income runs about $77,351, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), Keizer Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: McNary High School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Keizer Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 737 students in 2018 compared to 565 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 35% across the same window.

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