Lundy Elementary School, Lowell OR

Original Research by School Decision on Lundy Elementary School

Lundy Elementary School serves kindergarten through sixth grade in Lowell, a small rural community in Lane County. The school sits along the north shore of Dexter Reservoir, surrounded by three reservoirs and the Middle Fork Willamette River. Lowell functions as a quiet bedroom community for the Eugene-Springfield metro area, with most residents commuting for work. Commercial activity is very limited along Highway 58, and the town’s civic life centers on the Grange Hall and the Lowell Covered Bridge rather than a walkable downtown. Thick winter fog settles in because of the surrounding water. Housing values in the area are moderately priced relative to the state, and the national mortgage rate context applies to anyone considering a home purchase.

The school is part of the Lowell SD 71 district. No recent parent-relevant changes at the district level were found in publicly reported information, so this narrative focuses on what is known about the school itself.

Lundy is a regular public school and is not a charter or magnet school. Its enrollment is small for the grade band it serves. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher level of economic need in the student body. The student population is predominantly white, with Hispanic students and students of two or more races each making up a meaningful share. No data on students with disabilities or English learners was available.

State testing results provide a picture of academic performance in math, English language arts, and science. In math, proficiency rates across the tested grades show a range, with the highest share of students meeting the bar in sixth grade and lower rates in third and fifth grades. In English language arts, the pattern is similar, with the strongest results in sixth grade and lower rates in third grade. Science is tested only in fifth grade, and the share of students reaching proficiency there is low. Overall, when combining performance across tested subjects and grades, the school’s proficiency index sits in the top quartile relative to other districts in Lane County. That means, compared to a wide field of seventeen districts, Lundy’s composite test performance is on the stronger side. The data covers only one year, so it is not yet clear how stable or improving these results are.

No graduation rate is reported because Lundy does not serve high school grades. There is no data on chronic absenteeism, advanced course access, or staffing, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about class sizes and attendance patterns.

The school’s setting in a small, car-dependent rural community means the peer environment is local and stable. For families who live in Lowell or nearby, Lundy is the neighborhood elementary school. The limited commercial activity and recreational focus of the area shape the out-of-school context. A parent considering this school should weigh the modest enrollment, the economic profile of the student body, and the mixed test results, with sixth grade showing stronger performance than earlier grades in both math and reading. The school does not offer high school programs, so families will need to plan for the transition to a secondary school after sixth grade.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 45% · ▼ 11 pts below district

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

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 33% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 24% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 641%

School 41% · District 25% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 43% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 48% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 49% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 655%

School 55% · District 39% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Science

Grade 510%

School 10% · District 27% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

This schoolLowell SD 71, 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.