Sandy Grade School

Sandy Grade School is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Sandy, Oregon, part of Oregon Trail SD 46, with 327 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Oregon Trail SD 46 comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,202 students; Sandy Grade School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Sandy Grade School lists that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Clackamas County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sandy Grade School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clackamas County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sandy Grade School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Clackamas County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,517, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Sandy Grade School is one of 118 public schools in Clackamas County (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students).

The closest other public school is Cedar Ridge Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Sandy Grade School. On composite proficiency, Sandy Grade School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 354 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.