Enrollment
276
Elementary
DISTRICT 308 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YAMHILL CARLTON SD 1·NCES 410001601266
Yamhill Carlton Elementary School
420 S Third St, Carlton, OR 97111 · (503) 852-7161 · Yamhill County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Oregon public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
139 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 57 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 25% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Based on grade levels within Yamhill Carlton SD 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.0%
OR avg 43.0% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
45.5%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 41.3% |
% 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Yamhill Carlton Elementary School
Yamhill Carlton Elementary School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamhill Carlton Elementary School this school | 276 | 50.4% | 43.8% |
| Butte Creek Elementary School Mt Angel | 303 | 51.5% | 31.9% |
| Buckingham Elementary School Bend | 340 | 47.9% | 47.8% |
| North Star Elementary Bend | 319 | 49.5% | 44.0% |
| Antonia Crater Elementary School Newberg | 295 | 48.8% | 49.1% |
| Victor Point Elementary School Silverton | 205 | 51.2% | 59.0% |
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 Yamhill Carlton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Yamhill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #178 of 591 | #5 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #163 of 646 ▲ 55 | #5 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #250 of 646 ▲ 61 | #8 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #452 of 710 | #14 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #360 of 587 | #12 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.4% | #537 of 587 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #557 of 645 | #15 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.2% | #121 of 493 | #3 of 16 |
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
276
+47 (+21%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 276 | 15.7 | 17.6:1 | 50% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 17.7 | 16.1:1 | 31% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 17.2 | 17.5:1 | 29% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | 15 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 16 | 23.4:1 | 42% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 18 | 21.7:1 | 47% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 350 | 14 | 25.0:1 | 53% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 22 | 17.0:1 | 31% (115) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yamhill Carlton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (374 to 276); teachers down 2% (16 to 15.7).
About Yamhill Carlton Elementary School
Yamhill Carlton Elementary School is an elementary school in Carlton, Oregon, according to federal school records. Enrollment is 276 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 3.
Yamhill Carlton SD 1, which runs Yamhill Carlton Elementary School, has 3 schools and 924 students.
About 83% of the student body at Yamhill Carlton Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 10% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Yamhill Carlton Elementary School's diversity index is 30%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Yamhill Carlton Elementary School and a ratio of 17.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 50% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Yamhill County averages 77%, higher than here.
Measured against Oregon public elementary schools, Yamhill Carlton Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Yamhill Carlton Elementary School is 43.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.8%.
Yamhill County has about 108,734 residents, and the median household income is $90,063, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Yamhill County has 34 public schools and roughly 14,724 students.
Nearby, Yamhill Carlton Intermediate School is about 3.6 miles away. Within five miles of Yamhill Carlton Elementary School, there are 5 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.0%; Yamhill Carlton Elementary School's is 43.8%, ranking 3rd of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment has grown by 47 students since 2020-21, to 276. The number of students per teacher rose from 15.3 to 17.6 over 4 years.
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Yamhill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
108,734
Census ACS
Median income
$90,063
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yamhill Carlton SD 1
- Yamhill Carlton Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 369 students
- Yamhill Carlton High SchoolHigh · 279 students
Nearby schools
- Yamhill Carlton Intermediate School3.6 mi · 369
- Yamhill Carlton High School3.7 mi · 279
- Grandhaven Elementary School4.1 mi · 446
- Wascher Elementary School4.5 mi · 371
- Patton Middle School4.8 mi · 646
- McMinnville High School5.0 mi · 2,228
Frequently asked questions
About Yamhill Carlton Elementary SchoolHow large is Yamhill Carlton Elementary School?
Yamhill Carlton Elementary School enrolls approximately 276 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Yamhill Carlton Elementary School serve?
Yamhill Carlton Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Yamhill Carlton Elementary School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Yamhill Carlton Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Yamhill Carlton Elementary School?
At Yamhill Carlton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Yamhill Carlton Elementary School public or private?
Yamhill Carlton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yamhill Carlton SD 1.
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