Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCMINNVILLE SD 40·NCES 410801001310
Wascher Elementary School
986 7th St, Lafayette, OR 97127 · (503) 565-5400 · Yamhill County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Oregon public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
305 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.2%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
OR avg 31.8% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 35.6% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Wascher Elementary School
Wascher Elementary School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wascher Elementary School this school | 371 | 82.2% | 36.1% |
| Stayton Elementary School Stayton | 332 | 81.0% | 37.5% |
| Sunrise Elementary School Albany | 324 | 80.6% | 16.7% |
| Harvey Clarke Elementary School Forest Grove | 390 | 80.0% | 37.5% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Medford | 381 | 87.9% | 34.0% |
| Grandhaven Elementary School McMinnville | 446 | 84.3% | 39.7% |
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 Wascher Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Yamhill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #272 of 591 | #10 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #217 of 646 ▲ 62 | #8 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #297 of 646 ▼ 56 | #10 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #266 of 710 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #226 of 587 | #8 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #264 of 587 | #7 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.2% | #254 of 645 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #346 of 493 | #13 of 16 |
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
371
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+111% since 1990-91, when it was 176
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 371 | 22.8 | 16.3:1 | 82% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 22.4 | 17.2:1 | 51% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 27.1 | 14.1:1 | 72% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 23 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 23 | 18.9:1 | 64% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 21 | 19.1:1 | 64% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 61% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 15 | 19.5:1 | 55% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 176 | 9 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wascher Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (433 to 371); teachers down 1% (23 to 22.8).
About Wascher Elementary School
Wascher Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Lafayette, Oregon. The latest federal count shows 371 students in kindergarten through 5.
Wascher Elementary School is one school in McMinnville SD 40, a system of 9 schools with 6,293 students.
White students account for 59% of enrollment at Wascher Elementary School. Enrollment also includes 34% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 17 points below the 77% share among Yamhill County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Wascher Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Wascher Elementary School operates with 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.3:1. Elementary schools in Oregon average about 16.5:1, a similar figure. About 82% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Wascher Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.7% for Wascher Elementary School. The school posts 36.1%, 5.5 points above the prediction.
Yamhill County has these Census figures: median household income is about $90,063, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Wascher Elementary School is among the 34 public schools in Yamhill County.
The school nearest to Wascher Elementary School is Dayton Jr High School, at a distance of about 2.4 miles. Within five miles of Wascher Elementary School, there are 7 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Wascher Elementary School places 5th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 371, starting from 362.
Discussions about Wascher Elementary School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Yamhill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
108,734
Census ACS
Median income
$90,063
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McMinnville SD 40
- McMinnville High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
- Duniway Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Patton Middle SchoolMiddle · 646 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Grandhaven Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Newby Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
Nearby schools
- Dayton Jr High School2.4 mi · 204
- Dayton High School2.4 mi · 310
- Dayton Grade School2.4 mi · 320
- Grandhaven Elementary School4.0 mi · 446
- Patton Middle School4.2 mi · 646
- Yamhill Carlton Elementary School4.5 mi · 276
Frequently asked questions
About Wascher Elementary SchoolHow large is Wascher Elementary School?
Wascher Elementary School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Wascher Elementary School serve?
Wascher Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Wascher Elementary School have?
Wascher Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Wascher Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wascher Elementary School are roughly 59% White, 34% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Wascher Elementary School?
Wascher Elementary School is overseen by McMinnville SD 40 in Yamhill County.
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