Summary
Eyre Elementary School is a K–5 school in southeast Salem, Oregon, serving 538 students as part of Salem-Keizer School District 24J, and it has sat near the very bottom of Oregon's elementary rankings for about a decade: 697th of 709 schools in 2025–26, the 2nd percentile, with 0 stars in every recent year. About 89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, in line with neighboring schools. In 2025–26 tests, 14.9% of students met standards in English language arts and 11.2% in math, compared with 43.8% and 32.9% statewide; science proficiency was under 5%. No nearby school scored lower in reading, and only Four Corners Elementary School (10.3% in math) scored lower in math.
Performance also worsens sharply by grade. Third and fourth graders score roughly half the district rate, but fifth grade falls to 8.5% in English language arts and under 5% in math and science. That school-wide upper-grade pattern — rather than a single weak class — suggests skills that compound and slip further each year, so students arrive at middle school well below grade level.
One bright spot is attendance: 35.6% of students were chronically absent in 2024–25, the lowest of eleven nearby schools and below both the district (43.1%) and state (33.5%), and down from 49.2% three years earlier. The school also serves its English learners comparatively well (47th percentile, 2 stars) — far above its overall standing — while low-income students, who make up most of the school, rank at the 1st percentile, the weakest group and the core of the problem. For comparison, Englewood Elementary School, three miles away with similar poverty and fewer students, posts 38.7% in reading and 33.6% in math, showing what is achievable with this student profile. Eyre spends $19,777 per student, second-lowest locally, with one of the largest class sizes (20.9 students per teacher, up from 16.2 two years earlier).
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