Elementary Schools in Lake County School District 7

Elementary schools in Lake County School District 7, a rural district in Lake County, Oregon, consist of two schools serving 317 students in total: Fremont/Hay Elementary School, which serves grades K–6 with 275 students, and Union Elementary School, which serves grades K–7 with 42 students.

The two schools present very different profiles. Union Elementary School stands out on current achievement and attendance: 60% of students are proficient in English language arts and 52% in math, both well above the district and state, and its chronic absenteeism rate is 7.3% — far below the district's 37.2% and the state's 33.5%. It also has a lower student-teacher ratio, 12:1 versus 14.1:1. However, Union enrolls only 42 students and many of its grade-level and science values are suppressed, so these results should be read with caution. Fremont/Hay Elementary School has a more mixed record: its science proficiency of 34.1% is above both district and state, but its English language arts (39.6%) and math (30.4%) results trail the district and state.

For families comparing the two, attendance is the sharpest contrast, and math is the clearest academic weakness at Fremont/Hay, particularly in its 4th and 6th grades. Fremont/Hay also spends more per student ($25,782) than Union ($23,564) while posting lower current proficiency, though small rural schools face different cost pressures, so this should not be read as a cause-and-effect relationship. The district overall is rated 3 stars at the 52nd percentile, but that average hides how differently these two schools are performing.