Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000806
Schirle Elementary School
4875 Justice Way S, Salem, OR 97302 · (503) 399-3277 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Oregon public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
18.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
269 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
47.1%
OR avg 43.0% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 up about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.1% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 38.4% |
% 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Schirle Elementary School
Schirle Elementary School's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schirle Elementary School this school | 306 | 87.9% | 41.7% |
| Candalaria Elementary School Salem | 271 | 88.9% | 47.7% |
| Irving Elementary School Eugene | 276 | 87.0% | 33.4% |
| Toledo Elementary School Toledo | 321 | 89.7% | 21.8% |
| Coquille Valley Elementary Coquille | 346 | 87.6% | 46.2% |
| Pioneer School Lebanon | 261 | 89.7% | 35.7% |
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 Schirle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #204 of 591 | #10 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #227 of 646 ▲ 22 | #14 of 62 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #249 of 646 ▼ 58 | #15 of 62 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #397 of 710 | #41 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #403 of 587 | #20 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #343 of 587 | #34 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #190 of 645 | #34 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.5% | #53 of 493 | #2 of 47 |
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
306
-29 (-9%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 306 | 16.9 | 18.1:1 | 88% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 16.2 | 19.3:1 | 66% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 304 | 17.2 | 17.7:1 | 84% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 16 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 20 | 23.0:1 | 37% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 40% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 23 | 22.2:1 | 32% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 27% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 22 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schirle Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (460 to 306); teachers down 15% (20 to 16.9).
About Schirle Elementary School
Schirle Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Salem, Oregon. The school had 306 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Schirle Elementary School is among 65 schools run by Salem-Keizer SD 24J, which serves 37,776 students.
White students are the majority at Schirle Elementary School, with 70% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 17% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. That is close to the 66% White share among all Marion County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 18.1 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 88%.
Schirle Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.5% for Schirle Elementary School. The school posts 41.7%, 13.2 points above the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Marion County show that the median household income is $77,351, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 111 public schools in Marion County, enrolling about 53,799 students in all.
The closest other public school is Sprague High School, about 0.2 miles away. Schirle Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Schirle Elementary School's average proficiency of 41.7% compares with 33.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Schirle Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 29 students since 2020-21, to 306. By 2024-25, the school had 18.1 students per teacher, compared with 20.9 in 2020-21.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Nearby schools
- Sprague High School0.2 mi · 1,712
- Liberty Elementary School0.6 mi · 400
- Crossler Middle School0.9 mi · 804
- Sumpter Elementary School1.4 mi · 451
- Judson Middle School1.4 mi · 811
- Wright Elementary School1.4 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Schirle Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Schirle Elementary School?
Schirle Elementary School enrolls approximately 306 students in grades KG-05.
Is Schirle Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Schirle Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Schirle Elementary School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Schirle Elementary School.
How diverse is Schirle Elementary School?
Schirle Elementary School reports a student body of 70% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Schirle Elementary School public or private?
Schirle Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.