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What's something Laurel Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 287 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUNCTION CITY SD 69·NCES 410693000630
Laurel Elementary School
1401 Laurel St, Junction City, OR 97448 · (541) 998-2386 · Lane County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Oregon public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
364 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 33% smaller than its 4th grade class (96).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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 Junction City SD 69. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +9.5pp since 2023
Math
38.9%
OR avg 31.8% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 38.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 33.3% |
% 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
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Laurel Elementary School
Laurel Elementary School's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Elementary School this school | 442 | 82.4% | 37.3% |
| Sherwood Heights Elementary School Pendleton | 439 | 83.8% | 21.7% |
| Central Point Elementary School Central Point | 427 | 80.1% | 25.3% |
| Vale Elementary School Vale | 438 | 82.9% | 37.7% |
| Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School Damascus | 477 | 82.4% | 44.8% |
| Griffin Creek Elementary School Medford | 492 | 86.8% | 32.9% |
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 Laurel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #256 of 591 | #20 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #251 of 646 ▲ 62 | #20 of 55 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #296 of 646 ▲ 134 | #25 of 55 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #138 of 710 | #10 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #330 of 587 | #33 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #350 of 587 | #29 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #251 of 645 | #19 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #400 of 493 | #31 of 39 |
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
442
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 720
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 442 | 25.5 | 17.3:1 | 82% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 29.1 | 17.1:1 | 60% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 50% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 41% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 26.7 | 18.3:1 | 48% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 26 | 19.2:1 | 59% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 21 | 23.9:1 | 59% (299) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 27 | 20.4:1 | 44% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 720 | 37 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laurel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (489 to 442); teachers down 4% (26.7 to 25.5).
About Laurel Elementary School
Laurel Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Junction City, Oregon, under Junction City SD 69. The latest federal count shows 442 students in kindergarten through 4. The typical figure for elementary schools in Oregon is about 321 students.
Junction City SD 69 runs Laurel Elementary School along with 3 other schools, enrolling 1,545 students in total.
Roughly 69% of students at Laurel Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 22% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among people living in Lane County, the White share is about 81%. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.3:1. That is 0.8 students per teacher above the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Laurel Elementary School reports 82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Oregon public elementary schools, Laurel Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.6% for Laurel Elementary School. The school posts 37.3%, 6.7 points above the prediction.
Census estimates describe Lane County this way: the median household income is $71,544, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Laurel Elementary School, Lane County has 116 other public schools.
Oaklea Middle School is located about 0.3 miles from Laurel Elementary School. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Laurel Elementary School is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Laurel Elementary School is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment has fallen by 17 students since 2020-21, to 442. The school's ratio rose from 15.8:1 to 17.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Junction City SD 69
- Junction City High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Oaklea Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Territorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 132 students
Other schools in Junction City
- Junction City High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Oaklea Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Territorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 132 students
Other Laurel Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 10 states are named Laurel Elementary. Laurel Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 16.
- Laurel Elementary SchoolLaurel, DE · 1,145 students
- LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPOINCIANA, FL · 1,126 students
- Laurel ElementaryAtherton, CA · 658 students
- Laurel Elementary SchoolNew Castle, PA · 503 students
- Laurel ElementaryOakland, CA · 473 students
Nearby schools
- Oaklea Middle School0.3 mi · 446
- Junction City High School0.6 mi · 525
- Harrisburg Middle School3.8 mi · 263
- Harrisburg High School3.8 mi · 260
- Harrisburg Elementary School3.9 mi · 338
- Territorial Elementary School6.3 mi · 132
Frequently asked questions
About Laurel Elementary SchoolHow large is Laurel Elementary School?
Laurel Elementary School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Laurel Elementary School serve?
Laurel Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Laurel Elementary School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Laurel Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Laurel Elementary School?
At Laurel Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Laurel Elementary School in?
Laurel Elementary School is part of Junction City SD 69.
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