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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCMINNVILLE SD 40·NCES 410801001279
Willamette Elementary School
1600 SW Fellows St, McMinnville, OR 97128 · (503) 565-4600 · Yamhill County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
354 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
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
42.8%
OR avg 43.0% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
34.4%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.1pp 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 34 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.8% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 32.3% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Willamette Elementary School
Willamette Elementary School's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette Elementary School this school | 443 | 79.9% | 31.9% |
| Newby Elementary School McMinnville | 443 | 81.9% | 32.6% |
| Sue Buel Elementary McMinnville | 398 | 83.7% | 26.6% |
| Edwards Elementary School Newberg | 426 | 75.1% | 36.3% |
| Sunrise Elementary School Albany | 324 | 80.6% | 16.7% |
| Jewett Elementary School Central Point | 607 | 79.6% | 25.4% |
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 Willamette Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Yamhill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #329 of 591 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #307 of 646 ▲ 32 | #11 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #303 of 646 ▲ 44 | #11 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #133 of 710 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #112 of 587 | #2 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #263 of 587 | #6 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #278 of 645 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #404 of 493 | #16 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
443
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+124% since 1990-91, when it was 198
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 443 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 80% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 28.7 | 15.5:1 | 67% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 29.8 | 14.9:1 | 71% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 28 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 28.1 | 17.3:1 | 64% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 28 | 18.5:1 | 64% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 28 | 18.5:1 | 62% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 539 | 23 | 23.4:1 | 42% (229) |
| 1990-91 | 198 | 10 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willamette Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (486 to 443); teachers up 7% (28.1 to 30).
About Willamette Elementary School
Willamette Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in McMinnville, Oregon. The school counted 443 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That is 38% larger than the average of about 321 students for elementary schools in Oregon.
Willamette Elementary School is in McMinnville SD 40, a district with 6,293 students across 9 schools.
The largest group at Willamette Elementary School is White students, at 52%. Other groups include 45% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Yamhill County residents are about 77% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Willamette Elementary School scores 53%.
The school had 30 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. The gap from the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon is 1.7 students per teacher. The school reported 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Willamette Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (31.9% versus 31.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Oregon.
Yamhill County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $90,063, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Yamhill County's 34 public schools enroll about 14,724 students and include Willamette Elementary School.
Newby Elementary School sits about 0.8 miles from Willamette Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Willamette Elementary School ranks 7th on proficiency.
Willamette Elementary School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Willamette Elementary School had 441 students in 2020-21 and 443 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
This page is set up for the Willamette Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Other schools in McMinnville
- 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
- Newby Elementary School0.8 mi · 443
- Duniway Middle School0.9 mi · 761
- Sue Buel Elementary1.1 mi · 398
- Memorial Elementary School1.4 mi · 557
- McMinnville High School1.8 mi · 2,228
- Patton Middle School2.2 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About Willamette Elementary SchoolHow large is Willamette Elementary School?
Willamette Elementary School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Willamette Elementary School serve?
Willamette Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Willamette Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Willamette Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Willamette Elementary School?
Student demographics at Willamette Elementary School are roughly 52% White, 45% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is Willamette Elementary School public or private?
Willamette Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by McMinnville SD 40.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.