Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER ALBANY PUBLIC SD 8J·NCES 410112000674
South Shore Elementary School
910 Bain St SE, Albany, OR 97322 · (541) 967-4604 · Linn County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% 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.
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
15.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
286 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
25.5%
OR avg 43.0% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
15.8%
OR avg 31.8% . -8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.5% | 15.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 23.9% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 South Shore Elementary School
South Shore Elementary School's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Shore Elementary School this school | 356 | 80.3% | 23.8% |
| Joseph Gale Elementary School Forest Grove | 388 | 81.7% | 20.8% |
| Hugh Hartman Elementary Redmond | 376 | 81.9% | 30.4% |
| Sam Boardman Elementary School Boardman | 330 | 74.5% | 18.4% |
| Four Corners Elementary School Salem | 362 | 87.8% | 10.3% |
| Weddle Elementary School Keizer | 352 | 88.6% | 10.8% |
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 South Shore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #461 of 591 | #21 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #583 of 646 ▼ 112 | #27 of 27 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #550 of 646 ▼ 105 | #24 of 27 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #298 of 710 | #4 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #182 of 587 | #8 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #377 of 587 | #8 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #273 of 645 | #11 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #337 of 493 | #13 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
356
+9 (+3%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 231
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 356 | 22.5 | 15.8:1 | 80% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | N/A | N/A | 68% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 17 | 19.6:1 | 70% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 24 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 62% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 73% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 77% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 18 | 21.7:1 | 34% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 231 | 12 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Shore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (417 to 356); teachers down 10% (25 to 22.5).
About South Shore Elementary School
Federal records list South Shore Elementary School as an elementary school in Albany, Oregon. In all, 356 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Within Greater Albany Public SD 8J, South Shore Elementary School is one of 20 schools. The district enrolls 8,771 students.
About 71% of the student body at South Shore Elementary School is Hispanic. Other students are 22% White and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Linn County residents are about 11% Hispanic. The diversity index for South Shore Elementary School is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. The school has 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 79% average for public schools in Linn County.
South Shore Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of Oregon public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 31.4% at South Shore Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.8%.
The school is in Linn County, where the median household earns about $76,329 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. South Shore Elementary School shares Linn County with 47 other public schools.
South Shore Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Waverly Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, South Shore Elementary School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 347 (2020-21) to 356 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 15.8:1, from 14.5:1.
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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 Greater Albany Public SD 8J
- South Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,466 students
- West Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,297 students
- Timber Ridge SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Calapooia Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 544 students
- Meadow Ridge ElementaryElementary · 510 students
Other schools in Albany
- South Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,466 students
- West Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,297 students
- Timber Ridge SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Calapooia Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 544 students
- Meadow Ridge ElementaryElementary · 510 students
Other South Shore Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named South Shore Elementary. South Shore Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- South Shore ElementaryCrownsville, MD · 268 students
- South Shore ElementaryPort Wing, WI · 102 students
Nearby schools
- Waverly Elementary School0.4 mi · 204
- Periwinkle Elementary School0.9 mi · 325
- Albany Options School1.4 mi · 136
- Sunrise Elementary School1.4 mi · 324
- Calapooia Middle School1.6 mi · 585
- Timber Ridge School1.7 mi · 657
Frequently asked questions
About South Shore Elementary SchoolHow large is South Shore Elementary School?
South Shore Elementary School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does South Shore Elementary School serve?
South Shore Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at South Shore Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at South Shore Elementary School.
How diverse is South Shore Elementary School?
South Shore Elementary School reports a student body of 22% White, 71% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is South Shore Elementary School public or private?
South Shore Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Greater Albany Public SD 8J.
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