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Does Richardson Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL POINT SD 6·NCES 410294000405
Richardson Elementary School
200 W Pine St, Central Point, OR 97502 · (541) 494-6700 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
394 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
26.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.2% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 20.5% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Richardson Elementary School
Richardson Elementary School's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson Elementary School this school | 500 | 78.8% | 23.9% |
| Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School Damascus | 477 | 82.4% | 44.8% |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary Albany | 510 | 76.3% | 37.1% |
| Sage Elementary School Redmond | 493 | 75.7% | 50.3% |
| Tom McCall Elementary School Redmond | 463 | 74.3% | 40.9% |
| Central Point Elementary School Central Point | 427 | 80.1% | 25.3% |
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 Richardson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #459 of 591 | #24 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #419 of 646 ▲ 94 | #19 of 33 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #377 of 646 ▲ 92 | #18 of 33 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #64 of 710 | #5 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #576 of 587 | #30 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.0% | #461 of 587 | #24 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.8% | #283 of 645 | #27 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #336 of 493 | #23 of 28 |
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
500
-65 (-12%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 500 | 22.2 | 22.5:1 | 79% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 23 | 21.8:1 | 64% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 24 | 21.5:1 | 42% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 25 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 24.6 | 23.8:1 | 45% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 22 | 25.2:1 | 45% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 18 | 28.7:1 | 40% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 18 | 23.8:1 | 32% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 20 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richardson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (586 to 500); teachers down 10% (24.6 to 22.2).
About Richardson Elementary School
Richardson Elementary School is a large elementary school with its address in Central Point, Oregon. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 500 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students each.
Central Point SD 6 (12 schools, 6,241 students) runs Richardson Elementary School.
A majority of students at Richardson Elementary School, 76%, are White. Next come 16% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Richardson Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
The school has about 22.5 students per teacher and 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, lower than at this school. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Richardson Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Oregon schools: 23.9% actual against 32.0% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Jackson County, median household income is about $73,999, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 70 public schools operate in Jackson County, serving about 30,143 students.
The nearest public school is Central Point Elementary School, at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Richardson Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 4 nearby schools.
Richardson Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The number of students dropped from 565 to 500 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
222,645
Census ACS
Median income
$73,999
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
70
30,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Point SD 6
- Crater High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Scenic Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Jewett Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Crater Academy of Health and Public ServicesHigh · 518 students
- Crater School of Business Innovation and ScienceHigh · 486 students
- Crater Renaissance AcademyHigh · 464 students
Other schools in Central Point
- Crater High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Scenic Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Jewett Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
- Crater Academy of Health and Public ServicesHigh · 518 students
- Crater School of Business Innovation and ScienceHigh · 486 students
- Crater Renaissance AcademyHigh · 464 students
Other Richardson Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Richardson Elementary. Richardson Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Richardson Elementary SchoolOSCODA, MI · 711 students
- Richardson ElementaryNORTH SAINT PAUL, MN · 654 students
- Richardson Elementary SchoolDIMMITT, TX · 507 students
- RICHARDSON ELEM.LEE'S SUMMIT, MO · 405 students
- Richardson Elementary SchoolCuyahoga Falls, OH · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Central Point Elementary School0.5 mi · 427
- Crater School of Business Innovation and Science0.5 mi · 486
- Crater High School0.5 mi · 1,454
- Crater Academy of Health and Public Services0.5 mi · 518
- Crater Renaissance Academy0.5 mi · 464
- Rogue Primary School0.6 mi · 154
Frequently asked questions
About Richardson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Richardson Elementary School?
Richardson Elementary School enrolls approximately 500 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Richardson Elementary School serve?
Richardson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Richardson Elementary School?
Approximately 22.5:1 students per teacher at Richardson Elementary School.
How diverse is Richardson Elementary School?
Richardson Elementary School reports a student body of 76% White, 16% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Richardson Elementary School in?
Richardson Elementary School is part of Central Point SD 6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.