Lewis & Clark Elementary School

Located at 92179 Lewis and Clark Rd, in Astoria, Oregon, Lewis & Clark Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary school that hosts 352 students (grades 3 through 5), overseen by Astoria SD 1.

Within Astoria SD 1, which oversees 4 schools and 1,742 students, Lewis & Clark Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Lewis & Clark Elementary School records that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, On paper, Lewis & Clark Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Lewis & Clark Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 33.6%, a residual of -3.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Clatsop County reports that median household income runs about $71,822, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lewis & Clark Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Clatsop County (combined enrollment of about 4,648 students).

Astoria Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lewis & Clark Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 27.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 432 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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