William Knight Elementary School

William Knight Elementary School is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Canby, Oregon, one of the schools within Canby SD 86, caters to 292 students in grades K through 6.

Canby SD 86 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,134 students; William Knight Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, William Knight Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, William Knight Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clackamas County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), William Knight Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 28.2%, a residual of -9.8 points.

In the area at large, Clackamas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,517 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. William Knight Elementary School is one of 118 public schools in Clackamas County (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: Howard Eccles Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, William Knight Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.2%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. William Knight Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 353 (now 292). Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.