Melrose Elementary School

Melrose Elementary School is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in Roseburg, Oregon, part of Douglas County SD 4, works with 302 students in grades K through 5.

Douglas County SD 4 runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,530 students. Melrose Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Melrose Elementary School reports that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Douglas County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Melrose Elementary School logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Melrose Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 28.5%; this one delivers 54.8%, a residual of +26.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Douglas County shows median household earnings sit near $61,310, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Douglas County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,417 students), Melrose Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hucrest Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Melrose Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Melrose Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 35.4%.

Melrose Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Melrose Elementary School's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 348 (now 302). Class-load math has tightened: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.