Schirle Elementary School

Located at 4875 Justice Way S, in Salem, Oregon, Schirle Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school that hosts 306 students (grades K through 5), run under Salem-Keizer SD 24J.

Across the 65 schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J (37,776 students total), Schirle Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Schirle Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Schirle Elementary School lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Schirle Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.5%; this one delivers 41.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Marion County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $77,351 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), Schirle Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sprague High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Schirle Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 33%: 460 students in 2018 compared to 306 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 82% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.