TRAILS Outdoor School

As a modestly sized elementary school in Ashland, Oregon, TRAILS Outdoor School serves 157 students from grades K through 8, part of Ashland SD 5. Enrollment runs roughly 51% leaner than the state mean of about 321.

Within Ashland SD 5, which oversees 6 schools and 2,313 students, TRAILS Outdoor School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, TRAILS Outdoor School reports that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 11% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Jackson County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at TRAILS Outdoor School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TRAILS Outdoor School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.3%.

Around the school, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $73,999, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,143 students), TRAILS Outdoor School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ashland Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TRAILS Outdoor School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 30%: 121 students in 2018 compared to 157 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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