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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KLAMATH COUNTY SD·NCES 410702000502
Peterson Elementary School
4856 Clinton Ave, Klamath Falls, OR 97603 · (541) 883-5058 · Klamath County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Oregon public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
529 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
31.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
28.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.2% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.2% | 26.3% |
% 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Peterson Elementary School
Peterson Elementary School's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterson Elementary School this school | 573 | 92.3% | 25.9% |
| Shasta Elementary School Klamath Falls | 505 | 93.3% | 31.6% |
| Ferguson Elementary School Klamath Falls | 524 | 93.7% | 41.6% |
| Taft Elementary School Lincoln City | 464 | 90.9% | 19.6% |
| Kalapuya Elementary School Salem | 483 | 88.4% | 47.5% |
| Monmouth Elementary School Monmouth | 468 | 92.9% | 31.3% |
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 Peterson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Klamath County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #435 of 591 | #12 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #388 of 646 ▲ 49 | #9 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #477 of 646 ▼ 1 | #12 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #27 of 710 | #1 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #555 of 587 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #238 of 587 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #122 of 645 | #11 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #477 of 493 | #8 of 8 |
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
573
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 573 | 27 | 21.2:1 | 92% (529) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 30.9 | 18.6:1 | 76% (435) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 29.7 | 20.4:1 | 74% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 25 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 27 | 21.7:1 | 61% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 26 | 23.3:1 | 61% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 22 | 23.0:1 | 63% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 23 | 22.5:1 | 39% (202) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 22 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peterson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (586 to 573); teachers unchanged (27 to 27).
About Peterson Elementary School
Peterson Elementary School is a public elementary school in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The student body numbers 573 students, from kindergarten through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Oregon is about 321, so this school runs 79% above that.
District-wide, Klamath County SD has 21 schools and 6,774 students.
By race and ethnicity, Peterson Elementary School is 61% White. The school is also 26% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 4% multiracial. That is lower than the 77% White share among all Klamath County residents. By the diversity index, Peterson Elementary School comes in at 55%.
The school employs the equivalent of 27 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 21.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Peterson Elementary School is 92%.
The allk12 Grade for Peterson Elementary School is C. Compared with Oregon public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 32% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Peterson Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 25.9% actual, 26.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Oregon.
Census estimates describe Klamath County this way: median household income is about $58,830, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Klamath County number 30 and enroll about 9,474.
The closest other public school is Brixner Junior High School, about 0.6 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Peterson Elementary School is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (569) to 2024-25 (573). The school's ratio fell from 22.8:1 to 21.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Peterson Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Klamath County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,247
Census ACS
Median income
$58,830
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
9,474 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Klamath County SD
- Henley High SchoolHigh · 720 students
- Mazama High SchoolHigh · 690 students
- Ferguson Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Shasta Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Henley Elementary SchoolElementary · 493 students
- Henley Middle SchoolMiddle · 413 students
Other schools in Klamath Falls
- Henley High SchoolHigh · 720 students
- Mazama High SchoolHigh · 690 students
- Klamath Union High SchoolHigh · 671 students
- Ponderosa Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Ferguson Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Shasta Elementary SchoolElementary · 505 students
Other Peterson Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Peterson Elementary. Peterson Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Peterson Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 913 students
- Peterson ElementaryRed Springs, NC · 539 students
- Peterson ElemWichita, KS · 321 students
- Peterson ElementaryKodiak, AK · 206 students
Nearby schools
- Brixner Junior High School0.6 mi · 396
- Mazama High School0.6 mi · 690
- Stearns Elementary School0.7 mi · 354
- Ferguson Elementary School0.8 mi · 524
- Shasta Elementary School1.6 mi · 505
- Klamath Home Learning Academy2.2 mi · 45
Frequently asked questions
About Peterson Elementary SchoolHow large is Peterson Elementary School?
Peterson Elementary School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Peterson Elementary School serve?
Peterson Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Peterson Elementary School?
Approximately 21.2:1 students per teacher at Peterson Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Peterson Elementary School?
At Peterson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Peterson Elementary School public or private?
Peterson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Klamath County SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.