Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082001442
Lamb Elementary School
4930 Herrin Rd NE, Salem, OR 97305 · (503) 399-3477 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
394 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
17.5%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
13.9%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.5% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 15.4% | 12.2% |
% 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
13.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Lamb Elementary School
Lamb Elementary School's state test result (13.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamb Elementary School this school | 436 | 90.4% | 13.3% |
| Scott Elementary School Salem | 464 | 88.6% | 13.2% |
| Hoover Elementary School Salem | 402 | 88.3% | 18.1% |
| Yoshikai Elementary School Salem | 478 | 87.4% | 23.4% |
| Cesar E Chavez Elementary Salem | 464 | 88.1% | 13.9% |
| Hayesville Elementary School Salem | 442 | 88.9% | 14.2% |
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 Lamb Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #571 of 591 | #46 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #603 of 646 ▲ 14 | #48 of 62 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #619 of 646 ▲ 12 | #50 of 62 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #144 of 710 | #17 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #515 of 587 | #38 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #439 of 587 | #41 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #143 of 645 | #7 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #371 of 493 | #34 of 47 |
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
436
+68 (+18%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 436 | 22.1 | 19.7:1 | 90% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 20.6 | 20.9:1 | 66% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 22.1 | 16.9:1 | 69% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 18 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 26 | 19.1:1 | 82% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 25 | 19.6:1 | 82% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 81% (386) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lamb Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (496 to 436); teachers down 15% (26 to 22.1).
About Lamb Elementary School
Lamb Elementary School serves students in Salem, Oregon, as a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 436 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Oregon enroll around 321, and this school is 36% larger than that mark.
Salem-Keizer SD 24J runs Lamb Elementary School along with 64 other schools, enrolling 37,776 students in total.
More than half of the students at Lamb Elementary School are Hispanic (75%). The next largest groups are 14% White, 4% multiracial, and 4% Pacific Islander. In Marion County overall, about 29% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lamb Elementary School scores 41%.
The school lists 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 394 students, or 90%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Lamb Elementary School is -14.2 points: 13.3% actual, 27.5% predicted.
In Marion County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $77,351 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Marion County number 111, with about 53,799 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Lamb Elementary School from the closest public school, Yoshikai Elementary School. The five-mile area around Lamb Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lamb Elementary School at 6th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 18% across 4 years, from 368 in 2020-21 to 436 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Other Lamb Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lamb Elementary. Lamb Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- LAMB ELEMENTARYTAMPA, FL · 513 students
Nearby schools
- Yoshikai Elementary School0.6 mi · 478
- Hayesville Elementary School0.8 mi · 442
- Scott Elementary School0.8 mi · 464
- Stephens Middle School1.0 mi · 1,014
- Early College High School1.0 mi · 193
- Cesar E Chavez Elementary1.2 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Lamb Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lamb Elementary School?
Lamb Elementary School enrolls approximately 436 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lamb Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lamb Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lamb Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lamb Elementary School is approximately 19.7:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lamb Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lamb Elementary School are roughly 14% White, 75% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lamb Elementary School public or private?
Lamb Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.