Enrollment
227
Elementary
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL POINT SD 6·NCES 410294000406
Sams Valley Elementary School
14235 Table Rock Rd, Central Point, OR 97502 · (541) 494-6870 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL227 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
178 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
27%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
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
OR avg 43.0% . +15.2pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
OR avg 31.8% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 33.3% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Sams Valley Elementary School
Sams Valley Elementary School's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sams Valley Elementary School this school | 227 | 78.4% | 35.7% |
| Central Linn Elementary School Halsey | 241 | 77.6% | 28.4% |
| Oakland Elementary School Oakland | 252 | 78.2% | 32.6% |
| Steins Pillar Elementary Prineville | 267 | 79.8% | 36.8% |
| Tumalo Community School Bend | 266 | 78.2% | 63.4% |
| Santiam Elementary School Mill City | 249 | 81.9% | 29.2% |
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 Sams Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #275 of 591 | #11 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #216 of 646 ▲ 94 | #9 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #233 of 646 ▲ 202 | #9 of 33 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 227 | #544 of 710 | #29 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #494 of 587 | #25 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.5% | #556 of 587 | #29 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.4% | #284 of 645 | #28 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #83 of 493 | #6 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
227
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 308
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 227 | 11.8 | 19.3:1 | 78% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 12.4 | 18.4:1 | 64% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 12.2 | 20.3:1 | 66% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 12 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 324 | 14.2 | 22.8:1 | 72% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 13 | 22.8:1 | 72% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 212 | 9 | 23.6:1 | 63% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 13 | 22.6:1 | 63% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 308 | 14 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sams Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (324 to 227); teachers down 17% (14.2 to 11.8).
About Sams Valley Elementary School
Sams Valley Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Central Point SD 6 in Central Point, Oregon. The school enrolls 227 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Oregon enroll around 321, and this school is 29% below that mark.
Central Point SD 6 counts 12 schools and 6,241 students, including Sams Valley Elementary School.
White students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. It is also 9% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at Sams Valley Elementary School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Sams Valley Elementary School, there are about 19.3 students; the school has 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 178 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 78% of enrollment.
Sams Valley Elementary School scores 35.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 32.1%.
In Jackson County, the median household earns about $73,999 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Jackson County has 70 public schools with about 30,143 students, including Sams Valley Elementary School.
Crater Lake Academy is about 6.0 miles from Sams Valley Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around Sams Valley Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Sams Valley Elementary School comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Sams Valley Elementary School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 227, starting from 225.
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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
- Richardson Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Crater School of Business Innovation and ScienceHigh · 486 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
- Richardson Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Crater School of Business Innovation and ScienceHigh · 486 students
Nearby schools
- Crater Lake Academy6.0 mi · 395
- Kids Unlimited Academy White City6.4 mi · 98
- Table Rock Elementary6.5 mi · 675
- White Mountain Middle School6.7 mi · 377
- Eagle Point High School6.9 mi · 1,000
- Eagle Rock Elementary School7.0 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Sams Valley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sams Valley Elementary School?
Sams Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 227 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sams Valley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sams Valley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Sams Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Sams Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Sams Valley Elementary School?
Sams Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 85% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
What district is Sams Valley Elementary School in?
Sams Valley Elementary School is part of Central Point SD 6.
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