Mills Elementary School

Set in Klamath Falls, Oregon, Mills Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community, operated by Klamath Falls City Schools. It works with 299 students across grades K through 5.

Within Klamath Falls City Schools, which oversees 9 schools and 2,700 students, Mills Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Mills Elementary School logs that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 40% Hispanic, 7% Native American, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Mills Elementary School records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Mills Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 101% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mills Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.3%, the actual is 10.6%, a residual of -12.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Klamath County shows median household earnings sit near $58,830, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mills Elementary School is one of 30 public schools in Klamath County (combined enrollment of about 9,474 students).

Ponderosa Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mills Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 34.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 394 students in 2018 compared to 299 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Mills Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.