Stayton Elementary School

Stayton Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in Stayton, Oregon, overseen by North Santiam SD 29J. Current enrollment sits at 332 students spanning grades K through 3.

Within North Santiam SD 29J, which oversees 6 schools and 2,110 students, Stayton Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stayton Elementary School shows that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Stayton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.1%, the actual is 37.5%, a residual of +6.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household income runs about $77,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), Stayton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Stayton High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Stayton Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stayton Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Stayton Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 332). The White share of enrollment contracted from 69% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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