Monument School

Monument School, a rural-scale combined-grade school in Monument, Oregon, run under Monument SD 8, serves 53 students, covering grades K through 12. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 384 students each, so Monument School sits 86% below that benchmark.

Operationally, Monument School answers to Monument SD 8, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Monument School records that 77% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 19% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Monument School records 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.1:1. The state averages around 22.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Grant County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Monument School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.2%, the actual is 24.4%, a residual of -3.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Grant County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,450 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Monument School is one of 9 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 1,805 students).

Nearest neighbor: Long Creek School, around 17.4 miles off. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monument School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 34.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Monument School has ticked up 13%, going from 47 students in 2018 to 53 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 19% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 8.2:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.