Warm Springs K-8 Academy

Located at 50 Chukar Road, in Warm Springs, Oregon, Warm Springs K-8 Academy is a sizable primary school that caters to 499 students (grades K through 8), one of the schools within Jefferson County SD 509J. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Warm Springs K-8 Academy sits 55% bigger than that benchmark.

Jefferson County SD 509J comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 2,712 students; Warm Springs K-8 Academy is among them.

On the student-mix side, Warm Springs K-8 Academy logs that nearly all students (88%) are Native American. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 101% of students at Warm Springs K-8 Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 93%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Warm Springs K-8 Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.4%, the actual is 10.3%, a residual of -13.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that median household income runs about $76,260, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,386 students), of which Warm Springs K-8 Academy is one.

Bridges High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.8 miles from this campus. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Warm Springs K-8 Academy ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 24.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 664 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.