Pelican Elementary School

Pelican Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment primary school in Klamath Falls, Oregon, one of the schools within Klamath Falls City Schools. Current enrollment sits at 257 students spanning grades K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in Klamath Falls City Schools (2,700 students total), Pelican Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Pelican Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 103% of students at Pelican Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Pelican Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 22.6%; this one delivers 43.1%, a residual of +20.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Klamath County put median household income runs about $58,830, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Klamath County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,474 students), of which Pelican Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Joseph Conger Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pelican Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.4%.

Pelican Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 274 students in 2018 compared to 257 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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