Stella Mayfield Elementary School

Stella Mayfield Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary campus in Elgin, Oregon, one of the schools within Elgin SD 23, educates 204 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 36% smaller than the state mean of about 321.

Elgin SD 23 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 384 students. Stella Mayfield Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Stella Mayfield Elementary School logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Union County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Union County's rate of about 64%.

With demographic context factored in, Stella Mayfield Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.0%; this one delivers 29.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Union County) logs that median household income runs about $65,661, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Union County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,646 students), Stella Mayfield Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Elgin High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stella Mayfield Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 34.0%.

Stella Mayfield Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 225 students in 2018 compared to 204 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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