Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School

As an average-sized primary school in Beaverton, Oregon, Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School educates 417 students from grades K through 8, run under Beaverton SD 48J. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School sits 30% larger than that benchmark.

Beaverton SD 48J comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 37,479 students; Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 34% White, 11% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washington County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.3%; this one delivers 52.3%.

In the surrounding community, Washington County reports that median household income runs about $107,772, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School is one of 136 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students).

Greenway Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. As a public charter, Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School's enrollment has rose 32% since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 417). White enrollment moved from 46% to 34% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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