Enrollment
141
Elementary
DISTRICT 179 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SILVER FALLS SD 4J·NCES 411145000830
Scotts Mills Elementary School
805 First St, Scotts Mills, OR 97375 · (503) 873-4394 · Marion County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL141 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- DBeats 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
20.0:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
72 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 13 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 25% larger than its 8th grade class (12).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Scotts Mills Elementary School→Silverton High School
Based on grade levels within Silver Falls SD 4J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
22.7%
OR avg 31.8% . -7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.2% | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 30.3% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Scotts Mills Elementary School
Scotts Mills Elementary School's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotts Mills Elementary School this school | 141 | 51.1% | 29.5% |
| Amity Creek Elementary School Bend | 144 | 47.2% | 60.0% |
| Clemens Primary School Philomath | 165 | 49.1% | N/A |
| Silver Crest Elementary School Silverton | 119 | 51.3% | 37.4% |
| Victor Point Elementary School Silverton | 205 | 51.2% | 59.0% |
| Ewing Young Elementary School Newberg | 172 | 50.0% | 63.1% |
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 Scotts Mills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #371 of 591 | #21 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #490 of 646 ▼ 119 | #33 of 62 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #440 of 646 ▲ 5 | #30 of 62 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 141 | #633 of 710 | #60 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.1% | #544 of 645 | #60 of 61 |
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
141
0 (0%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 148
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 141 | 7.1 | 20.0:1 | 51% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 161 | 10.5 | 15.4:1 | 52% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 165 | 10.1 | 16.3:1 | 24% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 141 | 9 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 163 | 9 | 18.0:1 | 50% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 158 | 8 | 19.8:1 | 44% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 145 | 8 | 18.1:1 | 62% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 148 | 8 | 18.5:1 | 48% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scotts Mills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (163 to 141); teachers down 22% (9 to 7.1).
About Scotts Mills Elementary School
Scotts Mills Elementary School sits in Scotts Mills, Oregon, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 141 students. The average among elementary schools in Oregon is roughly 321 students; this school is 56% smaller than that.
The 13 schools of Silver Falls SD 4J, including Scotts Mills Elementary School, enroll 3,651 students.
Most students at Scotts Mills Elementary School are White: 90% of enrollment. Other groups include 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 66% White. By the diversity index, Scotts Mills Elementary School comes in at 18%.
The teaching staff at Scotts Mills Elementary School is 7.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.0:1. That ratio is over the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 51%. On average, public schools in Marion County report 83%.
Scotts Mills Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Scotts Mills Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (29.5%) and its predicted rate (42.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Marion County, median household income is about $77,351, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Scotts Mills Elementary School is among the 111 public schools in Marion County.
The closest other public school is Butte Creek Elementary School, about 1.7 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Scotts Mills Elementary School is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
Scotts Mills Elementary School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
In 2020-21, Scotts Mills Elementary School enrolled 141; in 2024-25, 141. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.0:1) than in 2020-21 (15.7:1).
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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 Silver Falls SD 4J
- Silverton High SchoolHigh · 1,262 students
- Silverton Middle SchoolMiddle · 425 students
- Robert Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 314 students
- Butte Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Victor Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 205 students
Nearby schools
- Butte Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 303
- Mark Twain Elementary5.5 mi · 314
- John F Kennedy High School5.8 mi · 223
- St Marys Public School6.0 mi · 296
- Silverton Middle School6.0 mi · 425
- Mt Angel Middle School6.0 mi · 165
Frequently asked questions
About Scotts Mills Elementary SchoolHow large is Scotts Mills Elementary School?
Scotts Mills Elementary School enrolls approximately 141 students in grades KG-08.
Is Scotts Mills Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Scotts Mills Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Scotts Mills Elementary School?
Approximately 20.0:1 students per teacher at Scotts Mills Elementary School.
How diverse is Scotts Mills Elementary School?
Scotts Mills Elementary School reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Scotts Mills Elementary School?
Scotts Mills Elementary School is overseen by Silver Falls SD 4J in Marion County.
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