Riddle Elementary School

Riddle Elementary School operates as a modestly sized elementary campus in Riddle, Oregon, part of Riddle SD 70. Current enrollment sits at 168 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 48% smaller than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Across the 2 schools in Riddle SD 70 (346 students total), Riddle Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Riddle Elementary School records that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest looks like 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Douglas County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Riddle Elementary School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at Riddle Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Riddle Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 21.3%.

Around the school, Douglas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,310 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Douglas County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,417 students), of which Riddle Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Riddle High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Riddle Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riddle Elementary School has edged down 27%, going from 230 students in 2018 to 168 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 5% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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