Malabon Elementary School

Set in Eugene, Oregon, Malabon Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school, one of the schools within Bethel SD 52. It serves 322 students across grades K through 5.

Within Bethel SD 52, which oversees 11 schools and 4,988 students, Malabon Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Malabon Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. By comparison, Lane County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lane County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Malabon Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.5%, the actual is 21.1%, a residual of -6.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lane County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,544 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Malabon Elementary School is one of 117 public schools in Lane County (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students).

The closest other public school is Cascade Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Malabon Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Malabon Elementary School has shrank 26%, going from 436 students in 2018 to 322 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 62% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.