Enrollment
212
Elementary
DISTRICT 247 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROOK COUNTY SD·NCES 410372000242
Powell Butte Community Charter School
13650 SW Hwy 126, Powell Butte, OR 97753 · (541) 548-1166 · Crook County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL212 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of Oregon public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
154 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 21% larger than its 8th grade class (19).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.9%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
31.7%
OR avg 31.8% . -9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.9% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 41.5% |
% 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Powell Butte Community Charter School
Powell Butte Community Charter School's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Butte Community Charter School this school | 212 | 72.6% | 49.3% |
| Stella Mayfield Elementary School Elgin | 204 | 73.5% | 29.2% |
| Humbolt Elementary School Canyon City | 247 | 72.9% | 27.0% |
| Madrone Trail Public Charter School Central Point | 249 | 73.5% | 23.5% |
| Vernonia Elementary School Vernonia | 206 | 71.8% | 24.6% |
| Columbia City School Columbia City | 214 | 72.9% | 23.4% |
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 Powell Butte Community Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #130 of 591 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #350 of 646 ▼ 133 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #72 of 646 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 212 | #567 of 710 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #231 of 587 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #558 of 587 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #346 of 645 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.0% | #52 of 88 |
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
212
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
+78% since 1990-91, when it was 119
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 212 | 13 | 16.3:1 | 73% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 213 | 11.5 | 18.5:1 | 23% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 209 | 11.5 | 18.2:1 | 24% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 210 | 11 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 200 | 12.2 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 187 | 12 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 138 | 6 | 23.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 156 | 9 | 17.3:1 | 28% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 119 | 5 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Powell Butte Community Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (200 to 212); teachers up 7% (12.2 to 13).
About Powell Butte Community Charter School
Powell Butte Community Charter School is a small elementary school in Powell Butte, Oregon, (ZIP code 97753). It reports enrollment of 212 students in kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in Oregon enroll around 321, and this school is 34% below that mark.
Crook County SD runs Powell Butte Community Charter School along with 9 other schools, enrolling 3,279 students in total.
At Powell Butte Community Charter School, 85% of students are White. It is also 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put Crook County at about 88% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Powell Butte Community Charter School is 26%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 16.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Powell Butte Community Charter School, which has 13. It is about the same as the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 73%. That is in line with the 75% average for public schools in Crook County.
Powell Butte Community Charter School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 79% of Oregon public elementary schools.
In Oregon, Powell Butte Community Charter School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 49.3% actual against a predicted 34.4%.
Census data for Crook County show the median household earns about $81,965 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Crook County number 12, with about 4,788 students.
Redmond Proficiency Academy is the nearest public school to Powell Butte Community Charter School, about 8.0 miles away. Within ten miles of Powell Butte Community Charter School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Powell Butte Community Charter School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Powell Butte Community Charter School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area. Powell Butte Community Charter School operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 210 in 2020-21, 212 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.1:1 to 16.3:1 over the same years.
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Crook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,277
Census ACS
Median income
$81,965
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,788 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crook County SD
- Crook County High SchoolHigh · 842 students
- Crook County Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Crooked River Elementary SchoolElementary · 553 students
- Barnes Butte ElementaryElementary · 510 students
- Steins Pillar ElementaryElementary · 267 students
- Grizzly Mountain HomeLinkElementary · 160 students
Nearby schools
- Redmond Proficiency Academy8.0 mi · 906
- Obsidian Middle School8.3 mi · 568
- M A Lynch Elementary School8.3 mi · 352
- John Tuck Elementary School8.3 mi · 382
- Redmond High School8.8 mi · 896
- Hugh Hartman Elementary8.9 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Powell Butte Community Charter SchoolHow many students attend Powell Butte Community Charter School?
Powell Butte Community Charter School enrolls approximately 212 students in grades KG-08.
Is Powell Butte Community Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Powell Butte Community Charter School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Powell Butte Community Charter School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Powell Butte Community Charter School.
What is the student diversity at Powell Butte Community Charter School?
Student demographics at Powell Butte Community Charter School are roughly 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Powell Butte Community Charter School public or private?
Powell Butte Community Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Crook County SD.
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