Laurel Elementary School

Set in Junction City, Oregon, Laurel Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Junction City SD 69. It serves 442 students across grades K through 4. That puts it 38% above the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Laurel Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Junction City SD 69, a district that serves 1,545 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Laurel Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 82% of students at Laurel Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Laurel Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.6%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of +6.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lane County indicate median household income runs about $71,544, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Lane County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students), of which Laurel Elementary School is one.

Oaklea Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Laurel Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Laurel Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Laurel Elementary School has decreased 10%, going from 489 students in 2018 to 442 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 12% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Laurel Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.