Redwood Elementary School

Redwood Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Grants Pass, Oregon, one of the schools within Grants Pass SD 7, with 443 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 38% bigger than typical.

Across the 11 schools in Grants Pass SD 7 (5,562 students total), Redwood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Redwood Elementary School records that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 24% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Redwood Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.3:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Josephine County (around 84%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Redwood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 38.3%, a residual of +3.6 points.

In the area at large, Josephine County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,098 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Josephine County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,944 students), of which Redwood Elementary School is one.

Ft Vannoy Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Redwood Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Redwood Elementary School has contracted 11%, going from 495 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

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