Swegle Elementary School

Swegle Elementary School, an expansive K-5 school in Salem, Oregon, run under Salem-Keizer SD 24J, caters to 496 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 55% larger than typical.

Salem-Keizer SD 24J runs 65 schools in total, collectively educating 37,776 students. Swegle Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Swegle Elementary School lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 18% White, 5% Pacific Islander, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Swegle Elementary School logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at Swegle Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Swegle Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 28.1%; Swegle Elementary School posts 11.8%, -16.2 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household income runs about $77,351, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), Swegle Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

McKay High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Swegle Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 13.5%.

Swegle Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 527 students in 2018 compared to 496 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 26% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Swegle Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.