Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 214 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THREE RIVERS/JOSEPHINE COUNTY SD·NCES 410690000473
Manzanita Elementary School
310 San Francisco St, Grants Pass, OR 97526 · (541) 479-6433 · Josephine County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Oregon public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
340 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -7.3pp since 2023
Math
40.4%
OR avg 31.8% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 45.6% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Manzanita Elementary School
Manzanita Elementary School's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manzanita Elementary School this school | 342 | 99.4% | 40.5% |
| Madrona Elementary School Grants Pass | 281 | 98.9% | 23.8% |
| Ridgeview Elementary School Springfield | 371 | 100.0% | 36.9% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Klamath Falls | 344 | 99.4% | 46.5% |
| Eagle Rock Elementary School Eagle Point | 288 | 94.8% | 36.2% |
| Oakridge Elementary School Oakridge | 280 | 96.1% | 23.4% |
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 Manzanita Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Josephine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #221 of 591 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #232 of 646 ▼ 54 | #2 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #260 of 646 ▼ 83 | #3 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #329 of 710 | #8 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #315 of 587 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #443 of 587 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #87 of 645 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #350 of 493 | #8 of 11 |
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
342
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 342 | 20 | 17.1:1 | 99% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 18.6 | 17.3:1 | 76% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 19 | 17.6:1 | 55% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 19 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 19 | 20.9:1 | 67% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 16 | 26.1:1 | 67% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 350 | 12 | 29.2:1 | 65% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 21 | 21.9:1 | 62% (285) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 19 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manzanita Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (397 to 342); teachers up 5% (19 to 20).
About Manzanita Elementary School
Manzanita Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Three Rivers/Josephine County SD, located in Grants Pass, Oregon. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 342 students.
The district, Three Rivers/Josephine County SD, has 4,440 students enrolled across 17 schools.
Roughly 75% of students at Manzanita Elementary School are White. Other groups include 14% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. By comparison, Josephine County residents are about 86% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 20 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. Across public schools in Josephine County, the average is 84%.
allk12 grades Manzanita Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Manzanita Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.5%, compared with a predicted 24.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations.
Josephine County has these Census figures: the median household income is $60,098, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Josephine County is home to 28 public schools and about 9,944 public school students.
Fleming Middle School is the public school closest to Manzanita Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. Manzanita Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Manzanita Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 340 in 2020-21, 342 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Manzanita Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Josephine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
88,179
Census ACS
Median income
$60,098
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
9,944 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Three Rivers/Josephine County SD
- Hidden Valley High SchoolHigh · 522 students
- North Valley High SchoolHigh · 424 students
- Fleming Middle SchoolMiddle · 381 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Lorna Byrne Middle SchoolMiddle · 349 students
- Illinois Valley High SchoolHigh · 291 students
Other schools in Grants Pass
- Grants Pass High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 610 students
- Hidden Valley High SchoolHigh · 522 students
- Redwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- North Valley High SchoolHigh · 424 students
Other Manzanita Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 3 states are named Manzanita Elementary. Manzanita Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Manzanita ElementaryKINGMAN, AZ · 759 students
- Manzanita ElementaryPalmdale, CA · 644 students
- Manzanita ElementaryRedding, CA · 545 students
- Manzanita Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 539 students
- Manzanita ElementaryCovina, CA · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Fleming Middle School0.1 mi · 381
- North Valley High School0.8 mi · 424
- Southern Oregon Success Academy2.5 mi · 213
- Highland Elementary School3.8 mi · 344
- North Middle School4.0 mi · 673
- Ft Vannoy Elementary School4.6 mi · 239
Frequently asked questions
About Manzanita Elementary SchoolHow large is Manzanita Elementary School?
Manzanita Elementary School enrolls approximately 342 students in grades KG-05.
Is Manzanita Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Manzanita Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Manzanita Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Manzanita Elementary School is approximately 17.1:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Manzanita Elementary School?
Student demographics at Manzanita Elementary School are roughly 75% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Manzanita Elementary School in?
Manzanita Elementary School is part of Three Rivers/Josephine County SD.
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