Yamhill Carlton Elementary School

Yamhill Carlton Elementary School is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in Carlton, Oregon, one of the schools within Yamhill Carlton SD 1, with 276 students on its rolls from grades K through 3.

Yamhill Carlton SD 1 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 924 students. Yamhill Carlton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Yamhill Carlton Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Yamhill Carlton Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Yamhill County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Yamhill Carlton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Yamhill County reports that median household income runs about $90,063, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Yamhill County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,724 students), Yamhill Carlton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Yamhill Carlton Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Yamhill Carlton Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 40.0%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Yamhill Carlton Elementary School has fell 26%, going from 374 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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