Philomath Elementary School

Philomath Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in Philomath, Oregon, operated by Philomath SD 17J, with 368 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 5.

Philomath SD 17J comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,635 students; Philomath Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Philomath Elementary School records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Benton County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Philomath Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.4%, the actual is 46.6%, a residual of +7.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Benton County put the typical household earns roughly $77,702 per year, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Benton County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,268 students), of which Philomath Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Clemens Primary School, around 0.3 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Philomath Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.7%.

Philomath Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 370 students in 2018 compared to 368 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 81% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.