Wright Elementary School

Wright Elementary School is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Salem, Oregon, part of Salem-Keizer SD 24J, caters to 378 students in grades K through 5.

Wright Elementary School is one of 65 schools operated by Salem-Keizer SD 24J, a district that serves 37,776 students overall.

On demographics, Wright Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander, 3% Black. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wright Elementary School logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wright Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.0%, the actual is 36.1%, a residual of +8.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Marion County put the typical household earns roughly $77,351 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Marion County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), of which Wright Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Judson Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wright Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

Wright Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wright Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 378). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 74% to 56%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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