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Cummings Elementary School

Public Grades K-5
643rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 709 Oregon Elementary Schools
Better than 9% of Oregon elementary schools
Summary

Cummings Elementary School is a public K–5 school in Keizer, Oregon, serving 397 students as part of the Salem-Keizer School District 24J, a district that itself ranks in the bottom quarter of Oregon schools.

Cummings' own results have eroded over the past decade. It was a 2-star, top-40th-percentile school in 2014–15, but has spent the last five reported years in the single digits to mid-teens, landing at the 9th percentile in 2025–26 — a small improvement over the prior year's 4th percentile, though still near the very bottom statewide. Within its immediate neighborhood, that ranking actually places it mid-pack: Cummings sits ahead of Hallman Elementary School, Washington Elementary School, Keizer Elementary School, Weddle Elementary School, Kennedy Elementary School, and Highland Elementary School, but well behind Brush College Elementary School (61st percentile) and Gubser Elementary School (36th). The sharpest academic deficits are in science (8.1% proficient, about a quarter of the state rate) and third-grade English language arts (15.5%, roughly half the district rate), even though the older grades come much closer to district norms. Chronic absenteeism, at 39.8%, beats the district but is still 6.3 points worse than the state and nearly double Brush College's — the most directly actionable gap. Per-student spending has climbed to $21,806 without a matching gain in proficiency.

There are real bright spots. In 2025–26, students in special education rose from the 14th to the 28th percentile, and low-income students climbed from the 8th to the 31st percentile — both still below average, but meaningful one-year gains. Nearby, Eagle Charter School posts far stronger results, but it is a smaller charter with a different enrollment model and a lower low-income share, so it is not a like-for-like comparison.

397
Students ?
19.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$21,806
Per pupil spending ?
88.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 613 Cummings Ln N
       Keizer, OR  97303-5853

(503) 399-3141

District: Salem-Keizer School District 24J


Students who attend Cummings Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Claggett Creek Middle School
High:    McNary High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
46.6%
Hispanic:
38.0%
Two or more races:
10.1%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 37th percentile in 2015 → 9th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Oregon average (21% vs 37% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 28 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school21%
District avg28%
Oregon avg37%
643rd of 709
Oregon public elementary schools ?
Bottom 9%▼ down 16 pts since 2016
From bottom 25% (2016) to bottom 9% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
30th of 44Elementary Schools in the Salem-Keizer School District 24J
105th of 141Salem-Keizer School District 24J among Oregon districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202615.0643 of 7099.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.3676 of 7064.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.5593 of 71016.5%★☆☆☆☆
202313.7648 of 7068.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.5670 of 7065.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.2611 of 70513.3%★☆☆☆☆
201822.7590 of 70916.8%★☆☆☆☆
201729.2522 of 70125.5%★☆☆☆☆
201630.0521 of 69725.3%★☆☆☆☆
201539.0444 of 70637.1%★★☆☆☆
201437.3470 of 69532.4%★★☆☆☆
201347.4388 of 70745.1%★★☆☆☆
201240.3484 of 73033.7%★★☆☆☆
201146.8410 of 69541.0%★★☆☆☆
201053.4348 of 67448.4%★★☆☆☆
200950.9355 of 66546.6%★★☆☆☆
200851.9342 of 65547.8%★★☆☆☆
200736.7450 of 65231.0%★★☆☆☆
200654.1334 of 63647.5%★★☆☆☆
200531.3489 of 62922.3%★☆☆☆☆
200451.9308 of 58647.4%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202618.4568 of 65513.3%★☆☆☆☆
202511.2624 of 6534.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.1595 of 6589.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.7630 of 6523.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.1628 of 6462.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201934.6425 of 62131.6%★★☆☆☆
201825.5550 of 68119.2%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202640.4208 of 37744.8%★★☆☆☆
202524.9291 of 36219.6%★☆☆☆☆
202448.1151 of 36558.6%★★★☆☆
202334.6243 of 36032.5%★★☆☆☆
202226.7272 of 33919.8%★☆☆☆☆
201919.2336 of 3647.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201842.8280 of 47541.1%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202633.3362 of 52130.5%★★☆☆☆
202519.7475 of 5188.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202424.5446 of 52314.7%★☆☆☆☆
202319.5518 of 59512.9%★☆☆☆☆
202211.4667 of 7035.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.8546 of 5978.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201832.3484 of 64024.4%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202614.4607 of 6577.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.7634 of 6644.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202426.1506 of 66223.6%★☆☆☆☆
202319.4569 of 66514.4%★☆☆☆☆
202214.8595 of 6549.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.6599 of 6233.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.8577 of 68015.1%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
201812.5206 of 2122.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202628.4257 of 35527.6%★☆☆☆☆
202523.4303 of 35213.9%★☆☆☆☆
202445.4134 of 29955.2%★★★☆☆
201947.1132 of 30356.4%★★★☆☆
201839.1263 of 48145.3%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202613.0629 of 6706.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.4646 of 6693.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.2582 of 67013.1%★☆☆☆☆
202310.5631 of 6563.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.9656 of 6661.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.7550 of 66216.9%★☆☆☆☆
201819.7603 of 68311.7%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Hispanic (2026)45th percentile+36 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)31st percentile+21 vs school
Special Education (2026)28th percentile+18 vs school
Female (2026)13th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2026)8th percentile~ school
White (2026)6th percentile-3 vs school
Multi-racial (2018)3rd percentile-14 vs school
By subject vs Oregon (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts25%-19 vs state
Mathematics21%-12 vs state
Science8%-22 vs state

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Thursday, May 24, 2018

Open Quote Best school in the district even tho the building is old and falling apart. Close Quote





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Frequently Asked Questions about Cummings Elementary School

Cummings Elementary School ranks in the bottom 9.3% of Oregon elementary schools.

Students at Cummings Elementary School are 47% White, 38% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% American Indian, 1% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 397 students attended Cummings Elementary School.

Students who attend Cummings Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Claggett Creek Middle School
High : McNary High School

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Latest Oregon data All new data »
2025–26 OSAS test scoresNewSep 25, 2026
2023–24 through 2024–25 school spending dataAug 24, 2026
2024–25 graduation ratesJan 29, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataNov 20, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.

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