Willamette Primary School

Set in West Linn, Oregon, Willamette Primary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J. It enrolls 384 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J, which oversees 17 schools and 8,842 students, Willamette Primary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Willamette Primary School lists that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Willamette Primary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Willamette Primary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.4%; this one delivers 59.0%.

Around the school, census data for Clackamas County shows median household earnings sit near $103,517, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Clackamas County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), of which Willamette Primary School is one.

Athey Creek Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Willamette Primary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 29%: 543 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 80% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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