Tangent Elementary School

Set in Tangent, Oregon, Tangent Elementary School is a very small primary school, part of Greater Albany Public SD 8J. It instructs 123 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 62% below the state mean of about 321.

Across the 20 schools in Greater Albany Public SD 8J (8,771 students total), Tangent Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Tangent Elementary School reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 24% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Linn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Tangent Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Linn County (around 79%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Tangent Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Linn County) logs that median household earnings sit near $76,329, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Tangent Elementary School is one of 48 public schools in Linn County (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students).

The closest other public school is Three Lakes High School, roughly 4.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Tangent Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tangent Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.9%.

Tangent Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tangent Elementary School has shrank 28%, going from 170 students in 2018 to 123 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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