Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000783
Wright Elementary School
4060 Lone Oak Rd SE, Salem, OR 97302 · (503) 399-3198 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
337 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
41.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
28.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 36.5% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Wright Elementary School
Wright Elementary School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Elementary School this school | 378 | 89.2% | 36.1% |
| Liberty Elementary School Salem | 400 | 89.0% | 27.9% |
| Battle Creek Elementary School Salem | 426 | 89.2% | 23.1% |
| Morningside Elementary School Salem | 311 | 87.5% | 47.9% |
| Chapman Hill Elementary School Salem | 306 | 87.6% | 35.3% |
| Kalapuya Elementary School Salem | 483 | 88.4% | 47.5% |
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 Wright Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #274 of 591 | #15 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #394 of 646 ▼ 125 | #23 of 62 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #329 of 646 ▼ 75 | #20 of 62 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #255 of 710 | #26 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #510 of 587 | #36 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #117 of 587 | #7 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #155 of 645 | #13 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #438 of 493 | #42 of 47 |
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
378
+25 (+7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 378 | 19.3 | 19.6:1 | 89% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 19 | 20.9:1 | 66% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 18.8 | 19.9:1 | 94% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 353 | 15 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 19.2 | 21.1:1 | 51% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 20 | 21.0:1 | 61% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 20 | 21.6:1 | 46% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 23 | 18.7:1 | 42% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 19 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wright Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (404 to 378); teachers unchanged (19.2 to 19.3).
About Wright Elementary School
Wright Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Salem, Oregon. It serves 378 students in kindergarten through 5.
Salem-Keizer SD 24J oversees Wright Elementary School and 64 other schools, with 37,776 students in total.
Roughly 56% of students at Wright Elementary School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 66%. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Wright Elementary School, 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 19.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Oregon have 16.5:1, compared with 19.6:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 89% of enrollment.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Wright Elementary School is +8.1 points: 36.1% actual, 28.0% predicted.
Among Marion County residents, the median household income is $77,351, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides Wright Elementary School, Marion County has 110 other public schools.
The closest public school to Wright Elementary School is Judson Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 36.1% is below the 36.4% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Wright Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 353 in 2020-21 to 378 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 23.5:1 to 19.6:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Wright Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Other Wright Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Wright Elementary. Wright Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 11.
- WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT WALTON BEACH, FL · 609 students
- Wright ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 562 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolMoultrie, GA · 554 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolWEATHERFORD, TX · 528 students
- Wright ElementaryShelbyville, KY · 489 students
Nearby schools
- Judson Middle School0.5 mi · 811
- Salem Heights Elementary School0.6 mi · 245
- Liberty Elementary School0.9 mi · 400
- Morningside Elementary School1.0 mi · 311
- Candalaria Elementary School1.2 mi · 271
- Leslie Middle School1.2 mi · 735
Frequently asked questions
About Wright Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wright Elementary School?
Wright Elementary School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Wright Elementary School serve?
Wright Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Wright Elementary School?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at Wright Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wright Elementary School?
At Wright Elementary School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 22% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Wright Elementary School public or private?
Wright Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.