Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEET HOME SD 55·NCES 411197000706
Oak Heights Elementary School
605 Elm St, Sweet Home, OR 97386 · (541) 367-7165 · Linn County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Oregon public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
227 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 40% smaller than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 59% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Sweet Home SD 55. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.9%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
29.6%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 24.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Schools most like Oak Heights Elementary School
Oak Heights Elementary School's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Heights Elementary School this school | 303 | 74.9% | 27.3% |
| Terrebonne Community School Terrebonne | 315 | 75.9% | 38.6% |
| Foster Elementary School Foster | 277 | 75.1% | 30.7% |
| Fullerton IV Elementary School Roseburg | 319 | 73.0% | 30.6% |
| North Albany Elementary School Albany | 291 | 75.6% | 54.6% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Sweet Home | 260 | 74.2% | 23.3% |
Matched among Oregon elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Oak Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #409 of 591 | #17 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #375 of 646 ▲ 80 | #14 of 27 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #431 of 646 ▼ 4 | #18 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #404 of 710 | #8 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #388 of 587 | #15 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.0% | #520 of 587 | #15 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.9% | #318 of 645 | #21 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #493 of 493 | #19 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
303
+69 (+29%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 303 | 17 | 17.8:1 | 75% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 300 | 15.9 | 18.9:1 | 76% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 69% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 15 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 15.5 | 19.6:1 | 71% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 275 | 14 | 19.6:1 | 71% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 314 | 16 | 19.6:1 | 63% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 297 | 15 | 19.8:1 | 41% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 312 | 15 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (304 to 303); teachers up 9% (15.5 to 17).
About Oak Heights Elementary School
Oak Heights Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Sweet Home, Oregon. A federal count lists 303 students at the school, in kindergarten through 6.
The district, Sweet Home SD 55, has 2,249 students enrolled across 7 schools.
At Oak Heights Elementary School, White students make up 81% of the student body. Smaller groups are 10% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 84% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Oak Heights Elementary School comes in at 33%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.8:1, with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 75%.
allk12 grades Oak Heights Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Oak Heights Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.3% and a predicted 33.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Linn County show that median household income is about $76,329, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 48 public schools operate in Linn County, serving about 17,916 students.
The nearest public school is Sweet Home High School, at about 0.7 miles. Oak Heights Elementary School has 6 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 33.0% proficiency; Oak Heights Elementary School posts 27.3%.
Oak Heights Elementary School is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
The student count in 2024-25 was 303, 29% above the 234 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 15.6 to 17.8 over 4 years.
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Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Sweet Home SD 55
- Sweet Home High SchoolHigh · 752 students
- Sweet Home Junior High SchoolMiddle · 358 students
- Foster Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Holley Elementary SchoolElementary · 157 students
- Sweet Home Charter SchoolElementary · 142 students
Other schools in Sweet Home
- Sweet Home High SchoolHigh · 752 students
- Sweet Home Junior High SchoolMiddle · 358 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Holley Elementary SchoolElementary · 157 students
- Sweet Home Charter SchoolElementary · 142 students
Other Oak Heights Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Oak Heights Elementary. Oak Heights Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Oak Heights ElementaryLYNNWOOD, WA · 526 students
Nearby schools
- Sweet Home High School0.7 mi · 752
- Sweet Home Junior High School0.9 mi · 358
- Hawthorne Elementary School1.6 mi · 260
- Holley Elementary School3.2 mi · 157
- Foster Elementary School3.5 mi · 277
- Sweet Home Charter School3.8 mi · 142
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Heights Elementary SchoolHow large is Oak Heights Elementary School?
Oak Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Oak Heights Elementary School serve?
Oak Heights Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Oak Heights Elementary School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Oak Heights Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Heights Elementary School?
At Oak Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Heights Elementary School?
Oak Heights Elementary School is overseen by Sweet Home SD 55 in Linn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.