Metolius Elementary School

Metolius Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary school in Madras, Oregon, one of the schools within Jefferson County SD 509J. The school works with 246 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Metolius Elementary School sits 23% below that benchmark.

Within Jefferson County SD 509J, which oversees 9 schools and 2,712 students, Metolius Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Metolius Elementary School records that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 39% Hispanic, 11% Native American. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Metolius Elementary School shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 101% of students at Metolius Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 93%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Metolius Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.4%, the actual is 24.8%, a residual of +1.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Jefferson County shows median household earnings sit near $76,260, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Metolius Elementary School is one of 13 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 3,386 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bridges High School, around 3.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Metolius Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 25.1%.

Metolius Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 307 students in 2018 compared to 246 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 47% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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