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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH CLACKAMAS SD 12·NCES 410883001874
Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary
18031 SE Vogel Rd, Damascus, OR 97089 · (503) 353-5780 · Clackamas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Oregon public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
295 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
71%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
50.7%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
44.1%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 are up about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 44.1% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 42.5% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary
Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary this school | 506 | 58.3% | 40.8% |
| Oregon Trail Elementary School Clackamas | 455 | 58.0% | 41.5% |
| Scouters Mountain Elementary Happy Valley | 568 | 58.6% | 56.1% |
| Happy Valley Elementary School Happy Valley | 491 | 59.3% | 52.8% |
| Scholls Heights Elementary School Beaverton | 597 | 51.4% | 65.9% |
| Bonny Slope Elementary School Portland | 602 | 50.7% | 70.3% |
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 Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #218 of 591 | #31 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #181 of 646 ▲ 27 | #27 of 66 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #204 of 646 ▲ 3 | #28 of 66 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #58 of 710 | #7 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #442 of 587 | #40 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #39 of 587 | #1 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #494 of 645 | #34 of 64 |
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
506
+94 (+23%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 506 | 27.3 | 18.5:1 | 58% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 26.9 | 18.7:1 | 48% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 27.6 | 18.3:1 | 33% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 21 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary.
About Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary
Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary is a public elementary school in Damascus, Oregon. It teaches 506 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Oregon have about 321 students on average; enrollment here is 58% higher.
North Clackamas SD 12, which runs Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary, has 31 schools and 16,837 students.
The student body at Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 41%. Enrollment also includes 28% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 37 points below the 79% share among Clackamas County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
The school had 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.5:1. The school's 18.5:1 compares with an average of 16.5:1 for elementary schools in Oregon. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 58%. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Clackamas County is 8 points.
Among Oregon public elementary schools, Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 39.9% at Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.8%.
Clackamas County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $103,517 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Clackamas County number 118, with about 57,601 students.
Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary's nearest public school is Scouters Mountain Elementary (about 1.1 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 506, from 412 in 2020-21. The ratio was 19.6:1 in 2020-21 and 18.5:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Clackamas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
423,975
Census ACS
Median income
$103,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
57,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Clackamas SD 12
- Adrienne C. Nelson High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Clackamas High SchoolHigh · 1,280 students
- Happy Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,158 students
- Putnam High SchoolHigh · 1,060 students
- Rock Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Milwaukie High SchoolHigh · 874 students
Nearby schools
- Scouters Mountain Elementary1.1 mi · 568
- Verne A Duncan Elementary School1.3 mi · 400
- Adrienne C. Nelson High School1.3 mi · 1,536
- Oregon Trail Elementary School1.6 mi · 455
- Happy Valley Elementary School2.3 mi · 491
- Happy Valley Middle School2.3 mi · 1,158
Frequently asked questions
About Beatrice Morrow Cannady ElementaryHow large is Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary?
Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary enrolls approximately 506 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary serve?
Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary is approximately 18.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary?
Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary reports a student body of 41% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 28% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary?
Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary is overseen by North Clackamas SD 12 in Clackamas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.