Willamina Elementary School

Willamina Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Willamina, Oregon, overseen by Willamina SD 30J. The school educates 357 students in grades K through 5.

Willamina SD 30J comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 817 students; Willamina Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Willamina Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 15% Native American, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Willamina Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 103% of students at Willamina Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Yamhill County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Willamina Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.5%, the actual is 18.4%, a residual of -4.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Yamhill County put median household income runs about $90,063, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Willamina Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Yamhill County (combined enrollment of about 14,724 students).

Nearest neighbor: Willamina High School, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Willamina Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 20.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Willamina Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 357). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 5% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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