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What's the most underrated thing about Sage Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDMOND SD 2J·NCES 411035001347
Sage Elementary School
2790 SW Wickiup, Redmond, OR 97756 · (541) 316-2830 · Deschutes County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
373 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
52.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -9.9pp since 2023
Math
43.2%
OR avg 31.8% . -14.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 57.3% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Sage Elementary School
Sage Elementary School's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sage Elementary School this school | 493 | 75.7% | 50.3% |
| Tom McCall Elementary School Redmond | 463 | 74.3% | 40.9% |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary Albany | 510 | 76.3% | 37.1% |
| Memorial Elementary School McMinnville | 557 | 77.2% | 55.0% |
| Richardson Elementary School Central Point | 500 | 78.8% | 23.9% |
| Creslane Elementary School Creswell | 480 | 71.9% | 35.3% |
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 Sage Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Deschutes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #119 of 591 | #9 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #192 of 646 ▼ 102 | #13 of 30 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #185 of 646 ▼ 88 | #15 of 30 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #73 of 710 | #4 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #516 of 587 | #23 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #380 of 587 | #5 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.7% | #309 of 645 | #10 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #466 of 493 | #16 of 21 |
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
493
+66 (+15%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 493 | 25 | 19.7:1 | 76% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 26.8 | 17.6:1 | 68% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 27.4 | 17.3:1 | 69% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 25 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 51% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 32 | 19.4:1 | 64% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 24 | 21.8:1 | 56% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 45% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 20 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sage Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (512 to 493); teachers down 7% (27 to 25).
About Sage Elementary School
This page covers Sage Elementary School, a large elementary school in Redmond, Oregon. School enrollment was 493 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Oregon is roughly 321 students; this school is 54% larger than that.
Redmond SD 2J has a total of 13 schools and 6,889 students, Sage Elementary School among them.
At Sage Elementary School, White students make up 72% of the student body. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Deschutes County is about 87% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Sage Elementary School is 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 19.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. About 76% of students, or 373, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Deschutes County report 60%.
The model predicts 33.2% for a school in Oregon with Sage Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Sage Elementary School posts 50.3%.
Deschutes County census figures show that the median household income is $92,758, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Deschutes County is home to 53 public schools and about 25,823 public school students.
Ridgeview High School is the closest public school, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sage Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Sage Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment at Sage Elementary School climbed 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 427 to 493 students. The ratio was 17.1:1 in 2020-21 and 19.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Deschutes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
206,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
25,823 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Redmond SD 2J
- Redmond Proficiency AcademyHigh · 906 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 896 students
- Ridgeview High SchoolHigh · 844 students
- Elton Gregory Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Obsidian Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Tom McCall Elementary SchoolElementary · 463 students
Other schools in Redmond
- Redmond Proficiency AcademyHigh · 906 students
- Redmond High SchoolHigh · 896 students
- Ridgeview High SchoolHigh · 844 students
- Elton Gregory Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Obsidian Middle SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Tom McCall Elementary SchoolElementary · 463 students
Other Sage Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sage Elementary. Sage Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Sage Elementary SchoolSpring Creek, NV · 413 students
- Sage ElementaryRock Springs, WY · 352 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgeview High School1.1 mi · 844
- Vern Patrick Elementary School1.1 mi · 333
- Obsidian Middle School1.5 mi · 568
- M A Lynch Elementary School1.7 mi · 352
- Redmond High School1.8 mi · 896
- Redmond Proficiency Academy2.2 mi · 906
Frequently asked questions
About Sage Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sage Elementary School?
Sage Elementary School enrolls approximately 493 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sage Elementary School serve?
Sage Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sage Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sage Elementary School is approximately 19.7:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sage Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sage Elementary School are roughly 72% White, 19% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Sage Elementary School public or private?
Sage Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Redmond SD 2J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.