Orchard Hill Elementary School

Orchard Hill Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school in Medford, Oregon, run under Phoenix-Talent SD 4. The school enrolls 273 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 7 schools in Phoenix-Talent SD 4 (2,215 students total), Orchard Hill Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Orchard Hill Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder reads as 29% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

On the resource side, Orchard Hill Elementary School logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Orchard Hill Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.6%; this one delivers 30.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Jackson County) reports that median household income runs about $73,999, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Jackson County's 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,143 students), Orchard Hill Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hoover Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orchard Hill Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Orchard Hill Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Orchard Hill Elementary School's enrollment has fell 35% since 2018, when it stood at 423 (now 273). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 70% to 59%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.