Peterson Elementary School

Peterson Elementary School operates as a high-enrollment elementary-level community in Klamath Falls, Oregon, one of the schools within Klamath County SD. Current enrollment sits at 573 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 79% above the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Peterson Elementary School is one of 21 schools operated by Klamath County SD, a district that hosts 6,774 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Peterson Elementary School reports that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 5% Native American, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Klamath County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Peterson Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Peterson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.8%; this one delivers 25.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Klamath County) shows that 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 Peterson Elementary School is one.

Brixner Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Peterson Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 586 students in 2018 compared to 573 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 21% to 26% over that span.

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