Enrollment
123
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER ALBANY PUBLIC SD 8J·NCES 410112000692
Tangent Elementary School
32100 Old Oak Dr, Tangent, OR 97389 · (541) 967-4616 · Linn County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL123 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
107 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 23 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
OR avg 43.0% . +8.7pp since 2023
Math
26.2%
OR avg 31.8% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 17.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Tangent Elementary School
Tangent Elementary School's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tangent Elementary School this school | 123 | 87.0% | 25.0% |
| Garibaldi Elementary School Garibaldi | 115 | 85.2% | 34.9% |
| Gladstone Center for Children and Families Gladstone | 109 | 82.6% | N/A |
| Central Elementary School Albany | 125 | 78.4% | 31.9% |
| Nehalem Elementary School Nehalem | 171 | 80.7% | 51.0% |
| Ensworth Elementary School Bend | 130 | 97.7% | 22.1% |
Matched among Oregon elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tangent Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #447 of 591 | #18 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #433 of 646 ▲ 121 | #20 of 27 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #344 of 646 ▲ 117 | #10 of 27 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 123 | #650 of 710 | #27 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #212 of 645 | #6 of 28 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
123
+21 (+21%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 121
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 123 | 8.4 | 14.6:1 | 87% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 105 | N/A | N/A | 76% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 113 | 7.8 | 14.6:1 | 81% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 102 | 7 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 170 | 9.1 | 18.7:1 | 61% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 160 | 8 | 20.0:1 | 64% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 173 | 7 | 24.7:1 | 64% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 150 | 6 | 25.0:1 | 39% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 121 | 6 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tangent Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (170 to 123); teachers down 8% (9.1 to 8.4).
About Tangent Elementary School
Tangent Elementary School is a very small elementary school with an address in Tangent, Oregon. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 123 students enrolled. That is 62% below the average of about 321 students for elementary schools in Oregon.
Greater Albany Public SD 8J is the district for Tangent Elementary School. It has 20 schools and 8,771 students.
More than half of the students at Tangent Elementary School are White (67%). Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. In Linn County overall, about 84% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
Tangent Elementary School has 8.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 87% at Tangent Elementary School. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Linn County is 8 points.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 28.8%.
For Linn County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $76,329, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 48 public schools in the county, enrolling about 17,916, Tangent Elementary School among them.
Three Lakes High School is about 4.4 miles from Tangent Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 4. Tangent Elementary School comes in 4th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Tangent Elementary School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 102 to 123, a 21% rise.
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Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,706
Census ACS
Median income
$76,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
17,916 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greater Albany Public SD 8J
- South Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,466 students
- West Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,297 students
- Timber Ridge SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Calapooia Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 544 students
- Meadow Ridge ElementaryElementary · 510 students
Nearby schools
- Three Lakes High School4.4 mi · 33
- Riverside High School4.4 mi · 10
- Oak Elementary School4.9 mi · 273
- South Albany High School5.0 mi · 1,466
- Lafayette Elementary School5.2 mi · 295
- Calapooia Middle School5.5 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About Tangent Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Tangent Elementary School?
Tangent Elementary School enrolls approximately 123 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Tangent Elementary School serve?
Tangent Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tangent Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tangent Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tangent Elementary School?
At Tangent Elementary School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Tangent Elementary School in?
Tangent Elementary School is part of Greater Albany Public SD 8J.
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