Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 227 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASHLAND SD 5·NCES 410156000399
Walker Elementary School
364 Walker Ave, Ashland, OR 97520 · (541) 482-1516 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
161 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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 Ashland SD 5. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.3%
OR avg 43.0% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
57.9%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023-24 | 60.3% | 55.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 Walker Elementary School
Walker Elementary School's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Elementary School this school | 242 | 66.5% | 60.2% |
| Village School Eugene | 225 | 68.4% | 44.3% |
| Farmington View Elementary School Hillsboro | 256 | 67.2% | 49.9% |
| Spring Creek Elementary School Eugene | 247 | 64.0% | 34.5% |
| Ridgeline Montessori Eugene | 244 | 63.5% | 65.3% |
| Montclair Elementary School Portland | 281 | 69.4% | 58.9% |
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 Walker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #58 of 591 | #5 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #81 of 646 ▲ 22 | #5 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #47 of 646 ▲ 67 | #2 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #523 of 710 | #28 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #198 of 587 | #7 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #290 of 587 | #14 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #415 of 645 | #30 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #85 of 493 | #7 of 28 |
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
242
-32 (-12%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 242 | 15.2 | 15.9:1 | 67% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 15.9 | 15.6:1 | 44% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 221 | 16.1 | 13.7:1 | 37% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 17 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 16.7 | 20.6:1 | 35% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 17 | 18.2:1 | 52% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 16 | 17.9:1 | 59% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 296 | 14 | 21.1:1 | 45% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 19 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (344 to 242); teachers down 9% (16.7 to 15.2).
About Walker Elementary School
Walker Elementary School runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in Ashland, Oregon. The school's enrollment of 242 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students each.
Federal data list 6 schools in Ashland SD 5, with 2,313 students enrolled.
White students make up a majority at Walker Elementary School, at 67%. Next come 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 81% White among all Jackson County residents. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 15.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.9:1. That is close to the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Walker Elementary School reports 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 84% average for public schools in Jackson County.
Walker Elementary School is 23.4 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Oregon.
Among Jackson County residents, the median household income is $73,999, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Walker Elementary School is one of 70 public schools in the county.
TRAILS Outdoor School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Walker Elementary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Walker Elementary School the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is down 12% from 2020-21, when Walker Elementary School had 274 students, to 2024-25, when it had 242.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
222,645
Census ACS
Median income
$73,999
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
70
30,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ashland SD 5
- Ashland High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Ashland Middle SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Helman Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Bellview Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- TRAILS Outdoor SchoolElementary · 157 students
Other schools in Ashland
- Ashland High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Ashland Middle SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Helman Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Bellview Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- TRAILS Outdoor SchoolElementary · 157 students
- Pinehurst Elementary SchoolElementary · 8 students
Other Walker Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Walker Elementary. Walker Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 12.
- Walker Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 984 students
- WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 875 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolNorthport, AL · 743 students
- Walker Elementary SchoolWalker, LA · 623 students
- WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHULUOTA, FL · 611 students
Nearby schools
- TRAILS Outdoor School0.2 mi · 157
- Ashland Middle School0.4 mi · 529
- Ashland High School0.7 mi · 877
- Bellview Elementary School1.2 mi · 248
- Helman Elementary School1.9 mi · 260
- Talent Elementary School6.5 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Walker Elementary SchoolHow large is Walker Elementary School?
Walker Elementary School enrolls approximately 242 students in grades KG-05.
Is Walker Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Walker Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walker Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walker Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Walker Elementary School?
Walker Elementary School reports a student body of 67% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Walker Elementary School public or private?
Walker Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ashland SD 5.
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