Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 297 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEBANON COMMUNITY SD 9·NCES 410738004185
Pioneer School
500 N 5th St, Lebanon, OR 97355 · (541) 451-8487 · Linn County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Oregon public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
15.3:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
234 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Lebanon Community SD 9. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
37.9%
OR avg 31.8% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 37.9% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 32.6% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Pioneer School
Pioneer School's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer School this school | 261 | 89.7% | 35.7% |
| Green Elementary School Roseburg | 262 | 88.9% | 26.3% |
| Crestview Heights School Waldport | 264 | 89.4% | 31.3% |
| Ocean Crest Elementary School Bandon | 240 | 88.3% | 48.9% |
| Hamilton Creek School Lebanon | 252 | 86.9% | 24.5% |
| Henry L Slater Elementary School Burns | 297 | 91.6% | 29.4% |
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 Pioneer School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #276 of 591 | #7 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #263 of 646 ▲ 69 | #6 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #247 of 646 ▲ 58 | #4 of 27 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #484 of 710 | #16 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #151 of 587 | #6 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #472 of 587 | #12 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #150 of 645 | #3 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #91 of 493 | #1 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
261
-65 (-20%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 261 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 90% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 18 | 19.3:1 | 71% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 18.9 | 18.9:1 | 69% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 16 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 18.1 | 20.3:1 | 59% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 64% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 77% (357) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pioneer School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (367 to 261); teachers down 6% (18.1 to 17).
About Pioneer School
Pioneer School is a small elementary school in Lebanon, Oregon, one of the schools in Lebanon Community SD 9. There are 261 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Lebanon Community SD 9 runs Pioneer School along with 8 other schools, enrolling 3,916 students in total.
The share of White students at Pioneer School is 77%, a majority. The school is also 12% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at Pioneer School are from different groups.
There are 17 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.3:1. Compared with the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 79% for public schools in Linn County.
Among Oregon public elementary schools, Pioneer School outscored 60%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Pioneer School is 7.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Oregon schools.
For the population of Linn County, median household income comes to about $76,329, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Linn County counts 48 public schools with about 17,916 students.
About 0.9 miles separate Pioneer School from the closest public school, Green Acres School. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Pioneer School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Pioneer School falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 20% decline, from 326 to 261. Its ratio of students to teachers was 20.4:1 in 2020-21, and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Lebanon Community SD 9
- Lebanon High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Seven Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 676 students
- Riverview SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Sand Ridge Charter SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Green Acres SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Cascades SchoolElementary · 262 students
Other schools in Lebanon
- Lebanon High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Seven Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 676 students
- Riverview SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Sand Ridge Charter SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Green Acres SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Cascades SchoolElementary · 262 students
Other Pioneer schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Pioneer. Pioneer School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- PioneerDelano, CA · 1,043 students
- Pioneer SchoolWEST VALLEY CITY, UT · 438 students
- Pioneer SchoolOGDEN, UT · 394 students
- Pioneer SchoolBillings, MT · 73 students
Nearby schools
- Green Acres School0.9 mi · 293
- Lebanon High School1.4 mi · 1,162
- Cascades School1.8 mi · 262
- Riverview School2.0 mi · 423
- Seven Oak Middle School2.9 mi · 676
- Hamilton Creek School4.6 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Pioneer SchoolHow many students attend Pioneer School?
Pioneer School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Pioneer School serve?
Pioneer School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pioneer School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pioneer School is approximately 15.3:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Pioneer School?
Pioneer School reports a student body of 77% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Pioneer School?
Pioneer School is overseen by Lebanon Community SD 9 in Linn County.
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