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Colonel Wright Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 610 W 14th St, The Dalles, Wasco County, 97058

292
Pupils
16.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Colonel Wright Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in The Dalles, Wasco County. The school has 292 pupils enrolled. It is part of the North Wasco County SD 21 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
North Wasco County SD 21

Enrollment & staffing

Colonel Wright Elementary School enrolls 292 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.

Male students
148 (51%)
Female students
144 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
17.9
Student-teacher ratio
16.3:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White14951%
Hispanic or Latino11640%
Two or more races144.8%
Black or African American41.4%
Asian41.4%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander41.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

224 of the school's 292 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 224 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, RemoteGrades Kโ€“5Title I

Colonel Wright Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OR-20, state senate district 30, state house district 59.

School district: North Wasco County SD 21

Colonel Wright Elementary School is one of 7 schools in North Wasco County SD 21, based in The Dalles, Oregon. The district serves 2,835 students district-wide and employs 178 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 292 students, Colonel Wright Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 405 students per school.

2,835
District students
7
Schools
178
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

25%
Reading proficient
25%
Math proficient
18%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Town - Remote

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