Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000873
Beach Elementary School
1710 N Humboldt St, Portland, OR 97217 · (503) 916-6236 · Multnomah County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
124 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
50.3%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 50.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 50.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Beach Elementary School
Beach Elementary School's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Elementary School this school | 295 | 42.0% | 48.6% |
| Vestal Elementary School Portland | 257 | 45.1% | 30.5% |
| Chapman Elementary School Portland | 353 | 41.4% | 43.7% |
| Astor Elementary School Portland | 413 | 42.6% | 46.4% |
| Peninsula Elementary School Portland | 235 | 41.7% | 40.4% |
| The Ivy School Portland | 273 | 40.3% | 48.9% |
Matched among Oregon elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Beach Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #137 of 591 | #32 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #132 of 646 ▲ 2 | #37 of 109 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #160 of 646 ▼ 4 | #41 of 109 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #421 of 710 | #77 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #125 of 587 | #32 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #97 of 587 | #49 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.0% | #596 of 645 | #73 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.1% | #59 of 493 | #18 of 89 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
295
-87 (-23%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 295 | 19.7 | 15.0:1 | 42% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 18.4 | 17.6:1 | 65% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 25.5 | 13.6:1 | 65% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 24 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 23.4 | 18.9:1 | 40% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 31 | 20.4:1 | 50% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 29 | 18.3:1 | 58% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 553 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 66% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 34 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beach Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (441 to 295); teachers down 16% (23.4 to 19.7).
About Beach Elementary School
Beach Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Portland, Oregon. The school's enrollment of 295 students covers pre-K through 5.
Portland SD 1J counts 86 schools and 41,894 students, including Beach Elementary School.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Beach Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 48%. Next come 31% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 9% Black. That compares with about 68% White among all Multnomah County residents. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.0:1, with 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Beach Elementary School is 42%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Multnomah County is 75%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Beach Elementary School is +2.3 points: 48.6% actual, 46.3% predicted.
Federal survey data for Multnomah County show that the median household income is $88,766, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Multnomah County is home to 169 public schools and about 81,096 public school students.
The shortest distance from Beach Elementary School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to The Ivy School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Beach Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Beach Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 23% enrollment decrease, from 382 in 2020-21 to 295 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Beach Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portland SD 1J
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Other Beach Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Beach Elementary. Beach Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Beach ElementaryChesapeake Beach, MD · 502 students
- Beach Elementary SchoolCEDAR SPRINGS, MI · 445 students
- Beach ElementaryPiedmont, CA · 323 students
- Beach Elementary SchoolMUSKEGON, MI · 295 students
- Beach ElementaryPascagoula, MS · 100 students
Nearby schools
- The Ivy School0.3 mi · 273
- Ockley Green Middle School0.7 mi · 409
- Jefferson High School0.7 mi · 456
- Boise-Eliot Elementary School0.9 mi · 313
- Chief Joseph Elementary School1.1 mi · 278
- Kairos PDX1.1 mi · 226
Frequently asked questions
About Beach Elementary SchoolHow large is Beach Elementary School?
Beach Elementary School enrolls approximately 295 students in grades PK-05.
Is Beach Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beach Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Beach Elementary School have?
Beach Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Beach Elementary School?
Student demographics at Beach Elementary School are roughly 48% White, 31% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Beach Elementary School public or private?
Beach Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Portland SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.