Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER ALBANY PUBLIC SD 8J·NCES 410112000680
Periwinkle Elementary School
2196 21st Ave SE, Albany, OR 97322 · (541) 967-4600 · Linn County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
249 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.9%
OR avg 43.0% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
28.4%
OR avg 31.8% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 28.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.9% | 22.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Periwinkle Elementary School
Periwinkle Elementary School's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Periwinkle Elementary School this school | 325 | 76.6% | 28.0% |
| Vern Patrick Elementary School Redmond | 333 | 75.7% | 38.8% |
| M A Lynch Elementary School Redmond | 352 | 76.1% | 33.9% |
| Oak Elementary School Albany | 273 | 76.9% | 36.4% |
| Philander Lee Elementary School Canby | 279 | 76.3% | 27.0% |
| John Tuck Elementary School Redmond | 382 | 74.9% | 43.0% |
Matched among Oregon elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Periwinkle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #397 of 591 | #16 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #396 of 646 ▲ 87 | #18 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #331 of 646 ▲ 83 | #9 of 27 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #358 of 710 | #6 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #542 of 587 | #19 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #278 of 587 | #5 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.6% | #297 of 645 | #15 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #125 of 493 | #5 of 19 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
325
-35 (-10%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 325 | 16 | 20.4:1 | 77% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | N/A | N/A | 65% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 20 | 18.9:1 | 69% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 23 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 22.8 | 19.3:1 | 52% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 19 | 21.5:1 | 54% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 17 | 23.5:1 | 53% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 18 | 22.0:1 | 39% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 16 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Periwinkle Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (440 to 325); teachers down 30% (22.8 to 16).
About Periwinkle Elementary School
Periwinkle Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Albany, Oregon, one of the schools in Greater Albany Public SD 8J. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 325 students.
Greater Albany Public SD 8J has 8,771 students in 20 schools, and Periwinkle Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Periwinkle Elementary School is 65% White. It is also 22% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Linn County is roughly 84% White. Periwinkle Elementary School has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.4:1, with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 77% of enrollment. That is close to the 79% average for public schools in Linn County.
Periwinkle Elementary School is 4.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (28.0% versus 32.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Oregon.
County data help place the school in context: in Linn County, median household income is about $76,329, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Periwinkle Elementary School is among the 48 public schools in Linn County.
Nearest public school: Calapooia Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Periwinkle Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Periwinkle Elementary School's average proficiency of 28.0% compares with 23.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies Periwinkle Elementary School's location as City: Small.
Federal counts put enrollment at 360 in 2020-21 and 325 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.4:1) than in 2020-21 (15.7:1).
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Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,706
Census ACS
Median income
$76,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
17,916 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greater Albany Public SD 8J
- South Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,466 students
- West Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,297 students
- Timber Ridge SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Calapooia Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 544 students
- Meadow Ridge ElementaryElementary · 510 students
Other schools in Albany
- South Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,466 students
- West Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,297 students
- Timber Ridge SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Calapooia Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 544 students
- Meadow Ridge ElementaryElementary · 510 students
Nearby schools
- Calapooia Middle School0.8 mi · 585
- Sunrise Elementary School0.8 mi · 324
- Albany Options School0.8 mi · 136
- Lafayette Elementary School0.9 mi · 295
- South Albany High School0.9 mi · 1,466
- South Shore Elementary School0.9 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Periwinkle Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Periwinkle Elementary School?
Periwinkle Elementary School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Periwinkle Elementary School serve?
Periwinkle Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Periwinkle Elementary School?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Periwinkle Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Periwinkle Elementary School?
At Periwinkle Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Periwinkle Elementary School public or private?
Periwinkle Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Greater Albany Public SD 8J.
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