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.
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