Aumsville Elementary School, Aumsville OR

Original Research by School Decision on Aumsville Elementary School

Aumsville Elementary is a regular public school in Marion County, Oregon, serving kindergarten through fifth grade. It sits within the community of Aumsville, a small, family-oriented city in the Willamette Valley that is part of the Salem metropolitan area. The town has a compact, car-dependent layout centered on Main Street, where civic anchors like City Hall and the museum are located, while the elementary school is situated just north on 11th Street. Aumsville has a young population and retains a small-town identity, marked by community events like the annual Corn Festival. Its growth, which was substantial in prior decades, appears to have plateaued in recent years.

The school’s enrollment is substantial for an elementary building serving only kindergarten through fifth grade. A large majority of students come from households with lower income, as the share qualifying for free or reduced-price meals is high. The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic population representing roughly a quarter of students; other racial and ethnic groups each make up a very small share. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the source materials.

On the state’s 2024-2025 assessments, Aumsville Elementary’s results place its overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades below the midpoint when compared to other districts in Marion County. In both English language arts and mathematics, proficiency rates varied by grade level, with fourth grade posting the highest rates in each subject and fifth grade the lowest. Science results for fifth graders were the weakest of the tested areas. Because this data represents only a single school year, no trend can be established, and a parent may want to discuss recent performance patterns directly with the school.

Aumsville Elementary is one of the elementary schools within the Cascade School District, which covers a wider area. The district itself did not provide publicly reported strategic priorities or recent changes in the materials available for this profile, so no update on district-level direction is included here.

For a family considering this school, the picture is straightforward. Aumsville Elementary serves a community of families in a small-town setting where many students face economic challenges. The school’s academic results on state tests are below the midpoint for the county, with reading and math proficiency rates that are modest and fifth-grade science results that are notably low. The school does not offer high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Housing in Aumsville is more affordable than the Oregon statewide benchmark, and the area’s median home value is close to the national figure, though it falls below the state average. Parents looking for more detailed information on student support services, special education, or English learner programs may want to inquire directly, as those data were not available here.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 47% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 44% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 33% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 328%

School 28% · District 38% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 50% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 51% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 520%

School 20% · District 28% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

This schoolCascade SD 5, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.