Enrollment
61
Elementary
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALE SD 84·NCES 410001400754
Willowcreek Elementary School
2300 9th Ave W, Vale, OR 97918 · (541) 473-2345 · Malheur County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL61 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
51 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 5 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 7 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 8 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 9 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 4 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 11 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 9 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 8 | 13% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Willowcreek Elementary School→Vale High School
Based on grade levels within Vale SD 84. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.8%
OR avg 43.0% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
43.5%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.8% | 43.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 43.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 Willowcreek Elementary School
Willowcreek Elementary School's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willowcreek Elementary School this school | 61 | 83.6% | 48.3% |
| Dorena School Dorena | 100 | 77.0% | 30.9% |
| Wallowa Elementary School Wallowa | 96 | 90.6% | 30.0% |
| Gladstone Center for Children and Families Gladstone | 109 | 82.6% | N/A |
| Garibaldi Elementary School Garibaldi | 115 | 85.2% | 34.9% |
| South Wasco County Elementary School Maupin | 80 | 98.8% | 29.7% |
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 Willowcreek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Malheur County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 61 | #680 of 710 | #9 of 13 |
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
61
-12 (-16%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 91
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 61 | 5 | 12.2:1 | 84% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 77 | 5.3 | 14.7:1 | 65% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 84 | 5.5 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 73 | 4 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 97 | 5 | 19.4:1 | 60% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 67 | 4 | 16.8:1 | 61% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 64 | 3 | 21.3:1 | 63% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 91 | 6 | 15.2:1 | 49% (45) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willowcreek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (97 to 61); teachers unchanged (5 to 5).
About Willowcreek Elementary School
Willowcreek Elementary School is an elementary school in Vale, Oregon, reachable at (541) 473-2345. In all, 61 students attend the school in grades 1 through 8. The school is 81% below the average for elementary schools in Oregon.
Vale SD 84 runs 4 schools with a combined 912 students. Willowcreek Elementary School is one of them.
Willowcreek Elementary School is 85% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 10% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Malheur County's population at about 69%. The diversity index for Willowcreek Elementary School is 26%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Willowcreek Elementary School totals 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Willowcreek Elementary School is about 84%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Willowcreek Elementary School would score about 30.1%. It scores 48.3%, a top-10% result among Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Malheur County show that the median household earns about $54,519 a year, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Malheur County has 25 public schools with about 6,566 students, including Willowcreek Elementary School.
Willowcreek Elementary School's nearest public school is Vale Middle School (about 10.8 miles). Willowcreek Elementary School places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
The school's student count fell 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.3:1 to 12.2:1.
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Malheur County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,954
Census ACS
Median income
$54,519
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
6,566 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vale SD 84
- Vale Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Vale High SchoolHigh · 293 students
- Vale Middle SchoolMiddle · 120 students
Other schools in Vale
- Vale Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Vale High SchoolHigh · 293 students
- Vale Middle SchoolMiddle · 120 students
Nearby schools
- Vale Middle School10.8 mi · 120
- Vale High School10.8 mi · 293
- Vale Elementary School11.1 mi · 438
- Huntington School17.0 mi · 82
- Four Rivers Community School19.4 mi · 367
- Cairo Elementary School19.6 mi · 124
Frequently asked questions
About Willowcreek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Willowcreek Elementary School?
Willowcreek Elementary School enrolls approximately 61 students in grades 01-08.
Is Willowcreek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Willowcreek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-08.
How many students per teacher at Willowcreek Elementary School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Willowcreek Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Willowcreek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Willowcreek Elementary School are roughly 85% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Willowcreek Elementary School public or private?
Willowcreek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vale SD 84.
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