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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERMISTON SD 8·NCES 410630001093
Rocky Heights Elementary School
650 W Standard Ave, Hermiston, OR 97838 · (541) 667-6600 · Umatilla County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Oregon public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
410 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
33.2%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
26.9%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 33 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 down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.2% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 28.4% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Rocky Heights Elementary School
Rocky Heights Elementary School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Heights Elementary School this school | 442 | 92.8% | 27.4% |
| West Park Elementary School Hermiston | 408 | 91.7% | 29.7% |
| Independence Elementary School Independence | 425 | 93.2% | 16.5% |
| Grant Community School Salem | 444 | 89.0% | 28.5% |
| Nyssa Elementary School Nyssa | 502 | 90.4% | 28.9% |
| Loma Vista Elementary Hermiston | 397 | 92.7% | 32.8% |
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 Rocky Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Umatilla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #406 of 591 | #10 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #418 of 646 ▼ 26 | #11 of 15 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #454 of 646 ▼ 69 | #11 of 15 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #137 of 710 | #3 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #79 of 587 | #5 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #338 of 587 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #118 of 645 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #423 of 493 | #8 of 11 |
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
442
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 442 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 93% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 28.8 | 15.7:1 | 67% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 68% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 66% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 28 | 17.1:1 | 86% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 94% (467) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 26 | 20.8:1 | 74% (401) |
| 2000-01 | 484 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 49% (237) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 28 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (479 to 442); teachers up 11% (28 to 31).
About Rocky Heights Elementary School
Rocky Heights Elementary School sits in Hermiston, Oregon, and is classified as an elementary school. It has an enrollment of 442 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Oregon, the average enrollment is about 321.
Rocky Heights Elementary School reports to Hermiston SD 8, which has 9 schools and 5,320 students.
The student body at Rocky Heights Elementary School is 67% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 28% White and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Umatilla County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
There are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at Rocky Heights Elementary School, giving a ratio of 14.3:1. Elementary schools in Oregon have an average ratio of 16.5:1. By family income, 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Oregon public elementary schools, Rocky Heights Elementary School outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Rocky Heights Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (27.4%) and its predicted rate (26.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools.
In Umatilla County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $67,728 a year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Rocky Heights Elementary School, Umatilla County has 35 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, West Park Elementary School is closest at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Rocky Heights Elementary School. Rocky Heights Elementary School places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Rocky Heights Elementary School as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 442, from 421 in 2020-21.
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Umatilla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,940
Census ACS
Median income
$67,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
13,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hermiston SD 8
- Hermiston High SchoolHigh · 1,705 students
- Armand Larive Middle SchoolMiddle · 722 students
- Sandstone Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
- West Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryElementary · 397 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Other schools in Hermiston
- Hermiston High SchoolHigh · 1,705 students
- Armand Larive Middle SchoolMiddle · 722 students
- Sandstone Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
- West Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryElementary · 397 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Nearby schools
- West Park Elementary School0.5 mi · 408
- Sunset Elementary School0.5 mi · 378
- Hermiston High School0.7 mi · 1,705
- Desert View Elementary School1.0 mi · 351
- Armand Larive Middle School1.3 mi · 722
- Highland Hills Elementary School1.5 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Heights Elementary SchoolHow large is Rocky Heights Elementary School?
Rocky Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rocky Heights Elementary School serve?
Rocky Heights Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Rocky Heights Elementary School have?
Rocky Heights Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rocky Heights Elementary School?
At Rocky Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 67% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Rocky Heights Elementary School public or private?
Rocky Heights Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hermiston SD 8.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.