Stafford Primary School

Stafford Primary School operates as a medium-sized primary school in West Linn, Oregon, part of West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J. Current enrollment sits at 323 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 17 schools in West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J (8,842 students total), Stafford Primary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Stafford Primary School records that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Clackamas County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Stafford Primary School lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Clackamas County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Stafford Primary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.6%, the actual is 64.4%, a residual of +6.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Clackamas County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,517, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Stafford Primary School is one of 118 public schools in Clackamas County (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students).

Riverside High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Stafford Primary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stafford Primary School has declined 29%, going from 452 students in 2018 to 323 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Stafford Primary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.