Enrollment
251
Elementary
DISTRICT 233 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH UMPQUA SD 19·NCES 411161000312
Tri City Elementary School
546 SW Chadwick Ln, Myrtle Creek, OR 97457 · (541) 863-6887 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Oregon public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
208 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within South Umpqua SD 19. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.7%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
35.4%
OR avg 31.8% . +6.4pp 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 35 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.6% | 29.0% |
% 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
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Tri City Elementary School
Tri City Elementary School's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri City Elementary School this school | 251 | 82.9% | 31.8% |
| McKay Creek Elementary School Pendleton | 265 | 82.6% | 40.5% |
| Myrtle Creek Elementary School Myrtle Creek | 264 | 82.2% | 16.6% |
| North Douglas Elementary School Drain | 254 | 82.7% | 32.3% |
| Santiam Elementary School Mill City | 249 | 81.9% | 29.2% |
| Brooklyn Primary School Baker City | 249 | 81.9% | 25.9% |
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 Tri City Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #332 of 591 | #6 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #299 of 646 ▲ 84 | #3 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #350 of 646 ▲ 4 | #8 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #505 of 710 | #12 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #275 of 587 | #15 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.0% | #477 of 587 | #5 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #242 of 645 | #11 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #440 of 493 | #14 of 16 |
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
251
-22 (-8%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 251 | 15 | 16.7:1 | 83% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 8.3 | 32.6:1 | 70% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 16.3 | 17.4:1 | 71% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 16 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 268 | 14.7 | 18.2:1 | 76% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 240 | 14 | 17.1:1 | 72% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 70% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 315 | 16 | 19.7:1 | 58% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 332 | 18 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tri City Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (268 to 251); teachers up 2% (14.7 to 15).
About Tri City Elementary School
Tri City Elementary School is the name of a small elementary school in Myrtle Creek, Oregon. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 251 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 321 students for elementary schools in Oregon.
Federal data list 6 schools in South Umpqua SD 19, with 1,420 students enrolled.
At Tri City Elementary School, 78% of students are White. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Native American. Census figures show Douglas County is about 86% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 38%.
Tri City Elementary School reported 15 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.7:1. It is about the same as the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. By family income, 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Douglas County is close, at 82%.
Tri City Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 47% of Oregon public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Tri City Elementary School would score about 30.4%. It scores 31.8%, 1.4 points above that figure.
For the population of Douglas County, the median household earns about $61,310 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Tri City Elementary School shares Douglas County with 49 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, South Umpqua Online Academy, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are 7 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Tri City Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 273 to 251.
The Tri City Elementary School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,072
Census ACS
Median income
$61,310
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
13,417 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Umpqua SD 19
- South Umpqua High SchoolHigh · 442 students
- Coffenberry Middle SchoolMiddle · 267 students
- Myrtle Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Canyonville SchoolElementary · 185 students
- South Umpqua Online AcademyCombined · 11 students
Other schools in Myrtle Creek
- South Umpqua High SchoolHigh · 442 students
- Coffenberry Middle SchoolMiddle · 267 students
- Myrtle Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- South Umpqua Online AcademyCombined · 11 students
Nearby schools
- South Umpqua Online Academy0.1 mi · 11
- South Umpqua High School0.2 mi · 442
- Riddle Elementary School2.7 mi · 168
- Riddle High School3.0 mi · 178
- Myrtle Creek Elementary School3.9 mi · 264
- Coffenberry Middle School3.9 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Tri City Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Tri City Elementary School?
Tri City Elementary School enrolls approximately 251 students in grades PK-05.
Is Tri City Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tri City Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Tri City Elementary School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Tri City Elementary School.
How diverse is Tri City Elementary School?
Tri City Elementary School reports a student body of 78% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Tri City Elementary School public or private?
Tri City Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Umpqua SD 19.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.