Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MT ANGEL SD 91·NCES 410855000838
St Marys Public School
590 E College, Mt Angel, OR 97362 · (503) 845-2547 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
- ·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
18.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
210 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Based on grade levels within Mt Angel SD 91. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.5%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
33.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 26.5% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 St Marys Public School
St Marys Public School's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Public School this school | 296 | 70.9% | 32.1% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Jefferson | 272 | 75.4% | 18.2% |
| Lafayette Elementary School Albany | 295 | 76.3% | 23.2% |
| Parkdale Elementary School Parkdale | 264 | 71.2% | 36.8% |
| Philander Lee Elementary School Canby | 279 | 76.3% | 27.0% |
| Culver Elementary School Culver | 262 | 69.8% | 34.4% |
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 St Marys Public School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #326 of 591 | #16 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #320 of 646 ▲ 110 | #18 of 62 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #437 of 646 ▼ 31 | #29 of 62 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #417 of 710 | #42 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #427 of 587 | #24 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #249 of 587 | #22 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #363 of 645 | #50 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #177 of 493 | #14 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
296
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 296 | 16.1 | 18.4:1 | 71% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 15.1 | 19.0:1 | 68% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 15.1 | 19.1:1 | 57% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 20 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 20.9 | 18.5:1 | 54% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 20 | 19.0:1 | 63% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | 18 | 17.8:1 | 63% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 49% (178) |
| 1990-91 | 293 | 16 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St Marys Public School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (386 to 296); teachers down 23% (20.9 to 16.1).
About St Marys Public School
St Marys Public School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Mt Angel, Oregon. It serves 296 students in kindergarten through 5.
Mt Angel SD 91 oversees St Marys Public School and 2 other schools, with 684 students in total.
White students make up a majority at St Marys Public School, at 55%. The next largest groups are 39% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. In Marion County overall, about 66% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.4:1, with 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 71% of enrollment. That rate is below the 83% average among public schools in Marion County.
allk12 grades St Marys Public School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, St Marys Public School would score about 35.0%. It scores 32.1%, 3.0 points below that figure.
St Marys Public School is located in Marion County, where the median household income is $77,351, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St Marys Public School is one of 111 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Mt Angel Middle School, is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, St Marys Public School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies St Marys Public School's location as Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 296, starting from 300. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.0:1 in 2020-21 to 18.4:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Mt Angel SD 91
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 223 students
- Mt Angel Middle SchoolMiddle · 165 students
Other schools in Mt Angel
- Butte Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 223 students
- Mt Angel Middle SchoolMiddle · 165 students
Nearby schools
- Mt Angel Middle School0.3 mi · 165
- John F Kennedy High School0.3 mi · 223
- Silverton High School3.7 mi · 1,262
- Silverton Middle School3.9 mi · 425
- Mark Twain Elementary3.9 mi · 314
- Bethany Charter School4.1 mi · 136
Frequently asked questions
About St Marys Public SchoolHow large is St Marys Public School?
St Marys Public School enrolls approximately 296 students in grades KG-05.
Is St Marys Public School an elementary, middle, or high school?
St Marys Public School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does St Marys Public School have?
St Marys Public School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
How diverse is St Marys Public School?
St Marys Public School reports a student body of 55% White, 39% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is St Marys Public School in?
St Marys Public School is part of Mt Angel SD 91.
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