Vale Elementary School

Located at 403 E St W, in Vale, Oregon, Vale Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that educates 438 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Vale SD 84. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Vale Elementary School sits 36% larger than that benchmark.

Vale SD 84 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 912 students. Vale Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Vale Elementary School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Malheur County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vale Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.4%; this one delivers 37.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Malheur County put the typical household earns roughly $54,519 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Vale Elementary School is one of 25 public schools in Malheur County (combined enrollment of about 6,566 students).

Vale Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Vale Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Vale Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.6%.

Vale Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Vale Elementary School has increased 5%, going from 416 students in 2018 to 438 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Vale Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.