Enrollment
249
Elementary
DISTRICT 971 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTIAM CANYON SD 129J·NCES 410810000722
Santiam Elementary School
450 SW Evergreen St, Mill City, OR 97360 · (503) 897-2368 · Linn County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Oregon public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
204 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Santiam Elementary School→Santiam Junior/Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Santiam Canyon SD 129J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
28.5%
OR avg 43.0% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
26.7%
OR avg 31.8% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 29 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.5% | 26.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 31.8% |
% 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
29.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Santiam Elementary School
Santiam Elementary School's state test result (29.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiam Elementary School this school | 249 | 81.9% | 29.2% |
| North Douglas Elementary School Drain | 254 | 82.7% | 32.3% |
| Brooklyn Primary School Baker City | 249 | 81.9% | 25.9% |
| Sunnyslope Elementary School Roseburg | 246 | 83.3% | 32.8% |
| Myrtle Creek Elementary School Myrtle Creek | 264 | 82.2% | 16.6% |
| Steins Pillar Elementary Prineville | 267 | 79.8% | 36.8% |
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 Santiam Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #382 of 591 | #14 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #423 of 646 ▼ 75 | #19 of 27 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #514 of 646 ▼ 77 | #22 of 27 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 249 | #510 of 710 | #19 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #46 of 587 | #2 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.9% | #521 of 587 | #16 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.9% | #258 of 645 | #9 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #266 of 493 | #9 of 19 |
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
249
+31 (+14%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 234
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 249 | 18.2 | 13.7:1 | 82% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 255 | 16.9 | 15.1:1 | 69% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 16 | 15.5:1 | 70% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 218 | 16 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 18.5 | 16.4:1 | 53% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 16 | 19.3:1 | 60% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 237 | 11 | 21.6:1 | 65% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 215 | 11 | 19.6:1 | 56% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 234 | 13 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santiam Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (304 to 249); teachers down 2% (18.5 to 18.2).
About Santiam Elementary School
Santiam Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Santiam Canyon SD 129J, located in Mill City, Oregon. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 249 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Oregon enroll about 321 students on average.
Besides Santiam Elementary School, Santiam Canyon SD 129J runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 2,913 students.
Santiam Elementary School is 81% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. That is in line with Linn County, where about 84% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 33%.
Teacher count: 18.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Oregon, 16.5:1, is higher. Roughly 82% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Santiam Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 36% of Oregon public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Santiam Elementary School, the prediction is 30.8% and the result is 29.2%.
Linn County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $76,329 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Santiam Elementary School shares Linn County with 47 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Santiam Junior/Senior High School is about 3.2 miles from Santiam Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The nearest schools with test data average 32.7%, higher than Santiam Elementary School's 29.2%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 218 to 249, a 14% rise.
Santiam Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,706
Census ACS
Median income
$76,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
17,916 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santiam Canyon SD 129J
- Oregon Charter AcademyCombined · 2,345 students
- Santiam Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 319 students
Other schools in Mill City
- Oregon Charter AcademyCombined · 2,345 students
- Santiam Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 319 students
Nearby schools
- Santiam Junior/Senior High School3.2 mi · 319
- Oregon Charter Academy3.5 mi · 2,345
- Mari-Linn School10.1 mi · 158
- Lourdes School13.8 mi · 36
- Silver Crest Elementary School17.3 mi · 119
- Stayton Elementary School18.9 mi · 332
Frequently asked questions
About Santiam Elementary SchoolHow large is Santiam Elementary School?
Santiam Elementary School enrolls approximately 249 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Santiam Elementary School serve?
Santiam Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Santiam Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Santiam Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Santiam Elementary School?
At Santiam Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Santiam Elementary School in?
Santiam Elementary School is part of Santiam Canyon SD 129J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.