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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER ALBANY PUBLIC SD 8J·NCES 410112000672

Oak Elementary School

3610 Oak St SE, Albany, OR 97322 · (541) 967-4591 · Linn County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
Enrollment
273
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 321
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
210 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten3914%
Grade 14316%
Grade 23814%
Grade 34717%
Grade 44818%
Grade 55821%
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
16862%
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 57% · US 43%
Hispanic
7026%
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 26% · US 30%
Black
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 15%
Two+
2610%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 0%
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
Male
14653%
Female
12747%

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Test scores

OSAS 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
43.4%
OR avg 43.0% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
36.4%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.6pp since 2023

What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.

OSAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2543.4%36.4%
2023-2445.8%38.0%
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →

Where Oak Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn OregonIn Linn County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
36.4%#266 of 591#6 of 26
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
36.4%#281 of 646#10 of 27
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
43.4%#291 of 646#7 of 27
Enrollment
ranked largest first
273#458 of 710#14 of 29
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.6:1#362 of 587#13 of 22
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
54.6%#246 of 587#4 of 22
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-18.3%#265 of 493#8 of 19
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.

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
273
-61 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 20.6:1
% White
62%
was 82%
% Hispanic
26%
was 10%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree or reduced lunch
2024-2527315.517.6:177% (210)
2023-24265N/AN/A65% (171)
2022-2327214.119.3:168% (185)
2017-1833416.220.6:151% (170)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Elementary School.

About Oak Elementary School

Oak Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Albany, Oregon. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 273 students.

Oak Elementary School falls under Greater Albany Public SD 8J, which has 20 schools enrolling 8,771 students.

The largest group at Oak Elementary School is White students, at 62%. Smaller groups are 26% Hispanic and 10% multiracial. County-wide, 84% of Linn County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.

The school's 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. Across elementary schools in Oregon, the average ratio is 16.5:1. Lunch program data show 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The figure for public schools in Linn County is close, at 79%.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.7% at Oak Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.4%.

Linn County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $76,329, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 48 public schools in the county, enrolling about 17,916, Oak Elementary School among them.

South Albany High School is the nearest public school to Oak Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Oak Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.

The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).

Since 2017-18, enrollment has fallen 18%, from 334 to 273. The White share of enrollment fell from 82% to 62% over the same period. The ratio of students to teachers went from 20.6:1 to 17.6:1 over the same years.

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Linn County at a glance

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Population
130,706
Census ACS
Median income
$76,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
17,916 students

Quick facts

School name
Oak Elementary School
District
Greater Albany Public SD 8J
Address
3610 Oak St SE, Albany, OR 97322
Phone
(541) 967-4591
County
Linn County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
273
Teachers (FTE)
16
Student–teacher ratio
17.6:1
Free/Reduced lunch
210 (77%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
410112000672
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Oak Elementary School
How many students attend Oak Elementary School?
Oak Elementary School enrolls approximately 273 students in grades KG-05.
Is Oak Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oak Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Oak Elementary School have?
Oak Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Oak Elementary School?
Student demographics at Oak Elementary School are roughly 62% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Two or more.
Is Oak Elementary School public or private?
Oak Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Greater Albany Public SD 8J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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