St Marys Public School

Located at 590 E College, in Mt Angel, Oregon, St Marys Public School is a mid-tier K-5 school that hosts 296 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Mt Angel SD 91.

St Marys Public School is one of 3 schools operated by Mt Angel SD 91, a district that caters to 684 students overall.

In terms of who attends, St Marys Public School shows that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting St Marys Public School higher than the state norm the norm. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Marion County's rate of about 83%.

After controlling for student poverty, St Marys Public School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 32.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Marion County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,351 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), St Marys Public School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mt Angel Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, St Marys Public School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at St Marys Public School has shrank 23%, going from 386 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 45% to 39% over that span.

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