Otto Petersen Elementary School

As a modestly sized middle school in Scappoose, Oregon, Otto Petersen Elementary School caters to 416 students from grades 4 through 6, part of Scappoose SD 1J.

Within Scappoose SD 1J, which oversees 8 schools and 2,251 students, Otto Petersen Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Otto Petersen Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Otto Petersen Elementary School shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. The state averages about 19.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Columbia County (around 62%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Otto Petersen Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 39.9%.

In the area at large, Columbia County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,458 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Columbia County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,932 students), of which Otto Petersen Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Scappoose Online Academy, around 0.1 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Otto Petersen Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.0%.

Otto Petersen Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Otto Petersen Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 416). The White share of enrollment declined from 83% to 74% over that span.

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