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What's one thing Turner Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CASCADE SD 5·NCES 410278000835
Turner Elementary School
7800 School Ave, Turner, OR 97392 · (503) 749-8060 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
268 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Turner Elementary School→Cascade Junior High School
Based on grade levels within Cascade SD 5. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
51.8%
OR avg 31.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.9% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 53.8% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Turner Elementary School
Turner Elementary School's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Elementary School this school | 422 | 63.5% | 50.3% |
| Central Elementary School La Grande | 403 | 65.8% | 42.8% |
| Awbrey Park Elementary School Eugene | 401 | 63.8% | 33.5% |
| Edgewood Community Elementary School Eugene | 415 | 64.3% | 55.5% |
| Philomath Elementary School Philomath | 368 | 59.8% | 46.6% |
| Ninety-One School Hubbard | 476 | 62.8% | 44.5% |
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 Turner Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #118 of 591 | #4 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #122 of 646 ▼ 11 | #6 of 62 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #141 of 646 ▼ 14 | #7 of 62 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #166 of 710 | #21 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #380 of 587 | #17 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.4% | #510 of 587 | #49 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #453 of 645 | #54 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.7% | #9 of 88 | #1 of 6 |
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
422
+62 (+17%) vs 2020
+80% since 2000-01, when it was 235
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 422 | 23.7 | 17.8:1 | 64% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 23.4 | 18.8:1 | 39% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 22.5 | 18.4:1 | 33% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 17 | 21.2:1 | 35% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 15.7 | 19.8:1 | 32% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 271 | 12 | 22.6:1 | 38% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 170 | 10 | 17.0:1 | 44% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 235 | 12 | 19.6:1 | 41% (96) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turner Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (311 to 422); teachers up 51% (15.7 to 23.7).
About Turner Elementary School
Turner Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Turner, Oregon, administered by Cascade SD 5. The school serves 422 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Oregon is roughly 321 students; this school is 31% above that.
Cascade SD 5 is made up of 6 schools with 2,731 students in all.
White students make up a majority at Turner Elementary School, at 79%. Smaller groups are 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Marion County is roughly 66% White. Turner Elementary School's diversity index is 35%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 17.8:1 comes from the school's 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. The lunch program counts 64% of students at Turner Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Marion County, the average is 83%.
Turner Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.3% is 12.4 points above the 37.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Marion County, the median household income is $77,351, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Marion County is home to 111 public schools and about 53,799 public school students.
The closest public school, Cloverdale Elementary School, is about 2.3 miles from Turner Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Turner Elementary School places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Turner Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 17% enrollment gain, from 360 in 2020-21 to 422 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 17.8:1, from 21.2:1.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cascade SD 5
- Cascade Senior High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Cascade Junior High SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- Aumsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Cloverdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 208 students
- Cascade Opportunity CenterHigh · 83 students
Other schools in Turner
- Cascade Senior High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Cascade Junior High SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- Cloverdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 208 students
Other Turner Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 9 states are named Turner Elementary. Turner Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 12.
- Turner ElementaryFresno, CA · 585 students
- Turner ElemKansas City, KS · 560 students
- Turner Elementary SchoolPASADENA, TX · 526 students
- Turner Elementary SchoolWILLIS, TX · 463 students
- Turner Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 461 students
Nearby schools
- Cloverdale Elementary School2.3 mi · 208
- Cascade Junior High School2.8 mi · 647
- Cascade Senior High School2.9 mi · 795
- Lee Elementary School3.5 mi · 336
- Aumsville Elementary School3.5 mi · 576
- Pringle Elementary School4.0 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Turner Elementary SchoolHow large is Turner Elementary School?
Turner Elementary School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades KG-05.
Is Turner Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Turner Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Turner Elementary School have?
Turner Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Turner Elementary School?
At Turner Elementary School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Turner Elementary School in?
Turner Elementary School is part of Cascade SD 5.
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