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Scott Elementary School

Public Grades K-5
675th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 709 Oregon Elementary Schools
Better than 5% of Oregon elementary schools
Summary

Scott Elementary School is a K–5 school serving 464 students in the Salem-Keizer School District 24J, on Salem's northeast side, in a dense cluster of high-poverty elementary schools that includes Cesar E Chavez, Lamb, Hayesville, Swegle, and Yoshikai, all within about 1.3 miles.

Scott's statewide standing has been bottom-tier for a decade: in 2025–2026 it ranked 675th of 709 Oregon elementary schools (5th percentile), and every year on record falls between the 1st and 7th percentile. In 2025–2026, 21.9% of students met standards in English Language Arts, 13.3% in math, and 12% in science — below the district (34.5%, 24.1%, 20.9%) and the state (43.8%, 32.9%, 30.6%) in every subject. Compared with its ten nearby schools, math is Scott's clearest relative weakness (9th of 11, behind Yoshikai's 34.2%, which exceeds the state average), while science is a relative bright spot at 4th of 11 locally.

Notably, Scott has the smallest classes in its peer group — 16.5 students per teacher, versus 18.3 to 21.0 nearby — and spends $20,805 per student, the second-highest locally, yet its math proficiency is second-lowest; within this cluster, resources are not what separates schools. Third grade is the pressure point: 14.1% ELA and 11.3% math are the widest gaps versus district norms, and math slips to 8% by 5th grade. The clearest good news is attendance — chronic absenteeism dropped 17.4 points in two years, from 61.5% to 44.1%, now roughly at district level. The school also serves some groups comparatively well: special education students reached the 47th percentile in 2024–2025, and English language learners have held in the 29th–34th percentile.

464
Students ?
16.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,805
Per pupil spending ?
88.6%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
95.9%
Students (K-12) with all required vaccines (2025-26)
Exemptions: 2.6% (any vaccine)
 4700 Arizona Ave NE
       Salem, OR  97305-2705

(503) 399-3302

District: Salem-Keizer School District 24J


Students who attend Scott Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Waldo Middle School
High:    McKay High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
71.3%
White:
15.3%
Pacific Islander:
7.1%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2015 → 5th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Oregon average (17% vs 37% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (44% vs 34% Oregon)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school17%
District avg28%
Oregon avg37%
675th of 709
Oregon public elementary schools ?
Bottom 5%▲ up 2 pts since 2016
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SchoolDigger rating ?
37th 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
202610.4675 of 7094.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202512.8654 of 7067.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.8689 of 7103.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.1687 of 7062.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.7699 of 7061.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.8665 of 7055.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.4682 of 7093.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.8676 of 7013.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20167.9677 of 6972.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20154.3700 of 7060.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20145.1681 of 6952.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20138.7681 of 7073.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20129.4702 of 7303.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201110.4669 of 6953.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20109.2652 of 6743.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200914.3615 of 6657.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20086.0645 of 6551.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200714.3611 of 6526.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200611.1610 of 6364.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200513.3589 of 6296.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200410.4553 of 5865.6%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202535.767 of 10133.7%★★☆☆☆
201935.669 of 9728.9%★★☆☆☆
201825.8152 of 17915.1%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202610.6628 of 6554.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.1615 of 6535.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.7650 of 6581.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.7638 of 6522.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.7638 of 6461.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.5615 of 6211.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.6664 of 6812.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202626.8308 of 37718.3%★☆☆☆☆
202529.9270 of 36225.4%★☆☆☆☆
202418.5345 of 3655.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.1335 of 3606.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.4338 of 3390.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201929.1279 of 36423.4%★☆☆☆☆
201823.6413 of 47513.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202621.2469 of 52110.0%★☆☆☆☆
202532.4374 of 51827.8%★☆☆☆☆
202420.7477 of 5238.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.9573 of 5953.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.7696 of 7031.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.8538 of 5979.9%★☆☆☆☆
201815.1602 of 6405.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202612.4619 of 6575.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202516.7596 of 66410.2%★☆☆☆☆
202411.3633 of 6624.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.7635 of 6654.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.0650 of 6540.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.6559 of 62310.3%★☆☆☆☆
201812.1639 of 6806.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Pacific Islander

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
201844.23 of 425.0%★★★★☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202538.2186 of 35247.2%★★☆☆☆
202424.5246 of 29917.7%★☆☆☆☆
202224.7183 of 21514.9%★☆☆☆☆
201920.2272 of 30310.2%★☆☆☆☆
201816.2468 of 4812.7%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202615.6615 of 6708.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202519.4582 of 66913.0%★☆☆☆☆
202418.7571 of 67014.8%★☆☆☆☆
202217.7589 of 66611.6%★☆☆☆☆
201915.1616 of 6626.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.7633 of 6837.3%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2025)47th percentile+40 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)34th percentile+26 vs school
Pacific Islander (2018)25th percentile+21 vs school
Hispanic (2026)18th percentile+14 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)10th percentile+5 vs school
White (2026)8th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2026)6th percentile~ school
Female (2026)4th percentile~ school
By subject vs Oregon (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts22%-22 vs state
Mathematics13%-20 vs state
Science12%-19 vs state

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

Middle : Waldo Middle School
High : McKay High School

Scott Elementary School ranks in the bottom 4.8% of Oregon elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 464 students attended Scott Elementary School.

Students at Scott Elementary School are 71% Hispanic, 15% White, 7% Pacific Islander, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more races, 2% African American.

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Latest Oregon data All new data »
2015–16 through 2017–18 immunization rates (updated)NewOct 20, 2026
2014–15 through 2025–26 immunization rates (updated)NewOct 19, 2026
2025–26 OSAS test scoresSep 25, 2026
2023–24 through 2024–25 school spending dataAug 24, 2026


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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