Lewis & Clark Elementary School

Lewis & Clark Elementary School, a mid-sized K-5 school in St Helens, Oregon, part of St Helens SD 502, works with 426 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 33% bigger than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Lewis & Clark Elementary School is one of 8 schools operated by St Helens SD 502, a district that educates 2,856 students overall.

On demographics, Lewis & Clark Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 72% of students at Lewis & Clark Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Columbia County's rate of about 62%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lewis & Clark Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.5%; this one delivers 26.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Columbia County indicate the typical household earns roughly $87,458 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Columbia County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,932 students), Lewis & Clark Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

St Helens Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lewis & Clark Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.1%.

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

Five-year trend. Lewis & Clark Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 499 (now 426). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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