Lee Elementary School

Lee Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus in Salem, Oregon, one of the schools within Salem-Keizer SD 24J. The school hosts 336 students in grades K through 5.

Salem-Keizer SD 24J runs 65 schools in total, collectively educating 37,776 students. Lee Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Lee Elementary School lists that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% White, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the income-and-resources front, Lee Elementary School logs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Lee Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Lee Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.5%, the actual is 24.0%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Marion County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,351, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), Lee Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pringle Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 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), Lee Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lee Elementary School has ticked up 11%, going from 303 students in 2018 to 336 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 48% to 34%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 today.

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