Pioneer School

Pioneer School is a K-5 school of modestly sized scale in Lebanon, Oregon, one of the schools within Lebanon Community SD 9, works with 261 students in grades K through 5.

Lebanon Community SD 9 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,916 students. Pioneer School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Pioneer School logs that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Pioneer School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at Pioneer School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Linn County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, Pioneer School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.8%, the actual is 35.7%, a residual of +7.9 points.

Around the school, Linn County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,329 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Linn County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), Pioneer School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Green Acres School, around 0.9 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pioneer School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Pioneer School's enrollment has decreased 29% since 2018, when it stood at 367 (now 261). White enrollment moved from 83% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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