Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 285 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORVALLIS SD 509J·NCES 410348000046
Letitia Carson Elementary School
2701 NW Satinwood, Corvallis, OR 97330 · (541) 757-5987 · Benton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
191 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
42.3%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 42.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 39.8% |
% 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Letitia Carson Elementary School
Letitia Carson Elementary School's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letitia Carson Elementary School this school | 333 | 57.4% | 40.1% |
| Ardenwald Elementary School Milwaukie | 396 | 58.3% | 37.2% |
| Bilquist Elementary School Milwaukie | 373 | 58.4% | 22.1% |
| Adams Elementary School Corvallis | 342 | 57.6% | 45.5% |
| Sunset School Coos Bay | 380 | 56.3% | 14.5% |
| Edison Elementary School Eugene | 319 | 63.6% | 53.9% |
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 Letitia Carson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #226 of 591 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #204 of 646 ▲ 29 | #9 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #286 of 646 ▼ 24 | #11 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #345 of 710 | #6 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #310 of 587 | #7 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #286 of 587 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.4% | #510 of 645 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #223 of 493 | #4 of 10 |
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
333
+16 (+5%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 333 | 19.5 | 17.1:1 | 57% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 19 | 18.6:1 | 67% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 67% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 19 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 22.1 | 19.1:1 | 51% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 17 | 21.5:1 | 51% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 47% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 315 | 15 | 21.0:1 | 27% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 363 | 17 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Letitia Carson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (422 to 333); teachers down 12% (22.1 to 19.5).
About Letitia Carson Elementary School
Letitia Carson Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Corvallis, Oregon. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 333 students.
Letitia Carson Elementary School is part of Corvallis SD 509J, where 13 schools serve 5,916 students.
Letitia Carson Elementary School is 67% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Benton County overall, about 79% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 19.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.1:1. That matches the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Letitia Carson Elementary School is 57%.
Letitia Carson Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.1%, compared with a predicted 40.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Benton County this way: the median household income is $77,702, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Letitia Carson Elementary School, Benton County has 25 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Letitia Carson Elementary School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Linus Pauling Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Letitia Carson Elementary School is 7th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Enrollment is up 5% from 2020-21, when Letitia Carson Elementary School had 317 students, to 2024-25, when it had 333.
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Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,303
Census ACS
Median income
$77,702
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
9,268 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Corvallis SD 509J
- Corvallis High SchoolHigh · 1,273 students
- Crescent Valley High SchoolHigh · 875 students
- Linus Pauling Middle SchoolMiddle · 712 students
- Cheldelin Middle SchoolMiddle · 488 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Bessie Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
Other schools in Corvallis
- Corvallis High SchoolHigh · 1,273 students
- Crescent Valley High SchoolHigh · 875 students
- Linus Pauling Middle SchoolMiddle · 712 students
- Cheldelin Middle SchoolMiddle · 488 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Bessie Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
Nearby schools
- Linus Pauling Middle School0.7 mi · 712
- Garfield Elementary School0.9 mi · 378
- Cheldelin Middle School1.0 mi · 488
- Kathryn Jones Harrison Elementary School1.3 mi · 225
- Crescent Valley High School1.5 mi · 875
- Corvallis High School1.5 mi · 1,273
Frequently asked questions
About Letitia Carson Elementary SchoolHow large is Letitia Carson Elementary School?
Letitia Carson Elementary School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades KG-05.
Is Letitia Carson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Letitia Carson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Letitia Carson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Letitia Carson Elementary School is approximately 17.1:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Letitia Carson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Letitia Carson Elementary School are roughly 67% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Letitia Carson Elementary School?
Letitia Carson Elementary School is overseen by Corvallis SD 509J in Benton County.
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