Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000803
Richmond Elementary School
466 Richmond Ave SE, Salem, OR 97301 · (503) 399-3180 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
215 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 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
18.8%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
10.9%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.8% | 10.9% |
| 2023-24 | 16.8% | 6.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Richmond Elementary School
Richmond Elementary School's state test result (11.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Elementary School this school | 242 | 88.8% | 11.4% |
| Bush Elementary School Salem | 255 | 89.0% | 16.9% |
| Jackson Elementary School Medford | 321 | 87.5% | 15.4% |
| Washington Elementary School Medford | 221 | 88.2% | 20.1% |
| Highland Elementary School Salem | 263 | 90.1% | 15.7% |
| Ferndale Elementary School Milton-Freewater | 240 | 84.6% | 23.6% |
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 Richmond Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #578 of 591 | #49 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #626 of 646 ▲ 15 | #52 of 62 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #606 of 646 ▲ 15 | #47 of 62 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #525 of 710 | #51 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #170 of 587 | #6 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #187 of 587 | #17 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #166 of 645 | #22 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.4% | #62 of 493 | #3 of 47 |
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
242
-30 (-11%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 242 | 15.5 | 15.6:1 | 89% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 18 | 14.8:1 | 68% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 22.4 | 13.8:1 | 72% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 14 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 78% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 79% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 18 | 19.2:1 | 86% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 99% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 19 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richmond Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (358 to 242); teachers down 32% (23 to 15.5).
About Richmond Elementary School
Richmond Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in Salem, Oregon. It reported 242 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 321 students for elementary schools in Oregon.
Richmond Elementary School is in Salem-Keizer SD 24J, a district with 37,776 students across 65 schools.
About 55% of the student body at Richmond Elementary School is Hispanic. Other students are 33% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. By comparison, Marion County residents are about 29% Hispanic. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Richmond Elementary School are from different groups.
On staff are 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 89% of students at Richmond Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Richmond Elementary School posts 11.4% against a 28.1% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Oregon.
The school is in Marion County, where the median household earns about $77,351 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Richmond Elementary School shares Marion County with 110 other public schools.
Richmond Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Bush Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Richmond Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Richmond Elementary School is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 11%. By 2024-25, the school had 15.6 students per teacher, compared with 19.4 in 2020-21.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Other Richmond Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 9 states are named Richmond Elementary. Richmond Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 12.
- Richmond Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 530 students
- Richmond ElementarySussex, WI · 410 students
- Richmond Elementary SchoolSaint Charles, IL · 385 students
- Richmond Elementary SchoolWyoming, RI · 371 students
- Richmond ElementaryRidgecrest, CA · 364 students
Nearby schools
- Bush Elementary School0.7 mi · 255
- Englewood Elementary School1.1 mi · 285
- North Salem High School1.1 mi · 2,107
- Roberts High School1.2 mi · 515
- Parrish Middle School1.2 mi · 691
- Hoover Elementary School1.3 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Richmond Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Richmond Elementary School?
Richmond Elementary School enrolls approximately 242 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Richmond Elementary School serve?
Richmond Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richmond Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richmond Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Richmond Elementary School?
Student demographics at Richmond Elementary School are roughly 33% White, 55% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Richmond Elementary School in?
Richmond Elementary School is part of Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
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