Oakdale Heights Elementary School

Located at 1375 SW Maple St, in Dallas, Oregon, Oakdale Heights Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community that hosts 300 students (grades K through 3), part of Dallas SD 2.

Oakdale Heights Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Dallas SD 2, a district that instructs 2,953 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Oakdale Heights Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Polk County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oakdale Heights Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.4%; this one delivers 35.2%.

In the surrounding community, Polk County reports that median household income runs about $85,118, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Oakdale Heights Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 11,121 students).

Dallas Community Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Oakdale Heights Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Oakdale Heights Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oakdale Heights Elementary School has edged down 13%, going from 345 students in 2018 to 300 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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