Periwinkle Elementary School

Periwinkle Elementary School is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in Albany, Oregon, run under Greater Albany Public SD 8J, with 325 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Greater Albany Public SD 8J runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 8,771 students. Periwinkle Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Periwinkle Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Linn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Periwinkle Elementary School logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Periwinkle Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 28.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Linn County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,329, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Linn County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), Periwinkle Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Calapooia Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Periwinkle Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.6%.

Periwinkle Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Periwinkle Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 26% since 2018, when it stood at 440 (now 325). Class-load math has grew: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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