Stearns Elementary School

Stearns Elementary School is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Klamath Falls, Oregon, one of the schools within Klamath County SD, teacheing 354 students in grades K through 6.

Klamath County SD runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 6,774 students. Stearns Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Stearns Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Native American, 2% Black. By comparison, Klamath County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Stearns Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Stearns Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Stearns Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.7%; this one delivers 13.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Klamath County shows median household income runs about $58,830, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Klamath County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,474 students), of which Stearns Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Mazama High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stearns Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.0%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stearns Elementary School has grew 5%, going from 336 students in 2018 to 354 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 49% to 55%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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