Mabel Rush Elementary School

Mabel Rush Elementary School is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in Newberg, Oregon, overseen by Newberg SD 29J, teacheing 378 students in grades K through 5.

Newberg SD 29J runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 4,028 students. Mabel Rush Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mabel Rush Elementary School reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Yamhill County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Yamhill County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mabel Rush Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Yamhill County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,063, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Yamhill County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,724 students), of which Mabel Rush Elementary School is one.

Catalyst High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mabel Rush Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Mabel Rush Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

Mabel Rush Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mabel Rush Elementary School has contracted 24%, going from 499 students in 2018 to 378 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.