Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000796
McKinley Elementary School
466 McGilchrist St SE, Salem, OR 97302 · (503) 399-3167 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Oregon public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
21.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
236 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
40.7%
OR avg 43.0% . -7.4pp since 2023
Math
23.2%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 up about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 19.5% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 McKinley Elementary School
McKinley Elementary School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Elementary School this school | 269 | 87.7% | 32.0% |
| Brush College Elementary School Salem | 250 | 88.8% | 41.5% |
| Salem Heights Elementary School Salem | 245 | 89.4% | 22.7% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Medford | 308 | 87.0% | 30.6% |
| Oceanlake Elementary School Lincoln City | 246 | 89.8% | N/A |
| Clear Lake Elementary School Keizer | 317 | 87.7% | 43.3% |
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 McKinley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #327 of 591 | #17 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #485 of 646 ▲ 46 | #32 of 62 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #337 of 646 ▼ 110 | #21 of 62 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #465 of 710 | #47 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #561 of 587 | #48 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #255 of 587 | #23 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #194 of 645 | #37 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #297 of 493 | #28 of 47 |
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
269
-37 (-12%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 269 | 12.6 | 21.4:1 | 88% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 14.3 | 19.6:1 | 66% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 13.5 | 21.1:1 | 90% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 13 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 16.4 | 19.7:1 | 46% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 16 | 20.6:1 | 56% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 15 | 21.6:1 | 50% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 262 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 34% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 463 | 17 | 27.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (323 to 269); teachers down 24% (16.4 to 12.6).
About McKinley Elementary School
McKinley Elementary School is a small elementary school in Salem, Oregon. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 269 students.
McKinley Elementary School is part of Salem-Keizer SD 24J, where 65 schools serve 37,776 students.
Of every 100 students at McKinley Elementary School, about 62 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, McKinley Elementary School scores 54%.
McKinley Elementary School lists 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.4 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1. About 88% of students at McKinley Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, McKinley Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 51% of Oregon public elementary schools.
Schools in Oregon with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 28.5%. McKinley Elementary School scores 32.0%.
For Marion County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $77,351, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 111 public schools and about 53,799 students.
South Salem High School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, McKinley Elementary School is 4th among 9 schools close by.
McKinley Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
The school's enrollment fell 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 23.5:1 to 21.4:1.
People who know McKinley Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Other McKinley Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 19 states are named McKinley Elementary. McKinley Elementary School is the 45th largest of the 56.
- McKinley Elementary SchoolBeaverton, OR · 666 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 917 students
- McKinley ElementaryStockton, CA · 705 students
- McKinley ElementaryFresno, CA · 671 students
- McKinley ElementaryHAM LAKE, MN · 636 students
Nearby schools
- South Salem High School0.4 mi · 2,195
- Candalaria Elementary School0.9 mi · 271
- Salem Heights Elementary School0.9 mi · 245
- Morningside Elementary School1.0 mi · 311
- Bush Elementary School1.3 mi · 255
- Leslie Middle School1.5 mi · 735
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McKinley Elementary School?
McKinley Elementary School enrolls approximately 269 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does McKinley Elementary School serve?
McKinley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at McKinley Elementary School?
Approximately 21.4:1 students per teacher at McKinley Elementary School.
How diverse is McKinley Elementary School?
McKinley Elementary School reports a student body of 62% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees McKinley Elementary School?
McKinley Elementary School is overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.