Walker Elementary School

Walker Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school in Ashland, Oregon, part of Ashland SD 5, hosts 242 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Walker Elementary School sits 25% leaner than that benchmark.

Ashland SD 5 comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,313 students; Walker Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Walker Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Jackson County's rate of about 84%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Walker Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.8%; Walker Elementary School posts 60.2%, +23.4 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,999, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Walker Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TRAILS Outdoor School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Walker Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Walker Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 43.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Walker Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 30% since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 242). Class-load math has fell: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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