Waverly Elementary School

Set in Albany, Oregon, Waverly Elementary School is an intimate primary school, operated by Greater Albany Public SD 8J. It hosts 204 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Greater Albany Public SD 8J comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 8,771 students; Waverly Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Waverly Elementary School logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 30% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Waverly Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Waverly Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 83% of students at Waverly Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Waverly Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 30.4%; this one comes in at 14.7%, -15.7 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Linn County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,329, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Linn County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), Waverly Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is South Shore Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Waverly Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waverly Elementary School has ticked down 22%, going from 260 students in 2018 to 204 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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