Beach Elementary School

Beach Elementary School is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Portland, Oregon, run under Portland SD 1J, works with 295 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 86 schools in Portland SD 1J (41,894 students total), Beach Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Beach Elementary School reports that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Black. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Beach Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 42% of students at Beach Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Multnomah County (around 75%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Beach Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.3%; this one delivers 48.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Multnomah County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,766 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Multnomah County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), of which Beach Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is The Ivy School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Beach Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Beach Elementary School has edged down 33%, going from 441 students in 2018 to 295 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 36% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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