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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000901
Beverly Cleary School
1915 NE 33rd, Portland, OR 97212 · (503) 916-6480 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Oregon public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
19.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
223 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 52% smaller than its 8th grade class (98).
Student demographics
44%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
78.3%
OR avg 43.0% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
70.9%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 70.9% |
| 2023-24 | 74.9% | 71.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 Beverly Cleary School
Beverly Cleary School's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Cleary School this school | 535 | 41.7% | 67.0% |
| Alameda Elementary School Portland | 498 | 41.8% | 72.2% |
| Sunnyside Environmental School Portland | 461 | 41.6% | 51.5% |
| Laurelhurst Elementary School Portland | 660 | 41.8% | 68.3% |
| Bridlemile Elementary School Portland | 418 | 41.9% | 70.3% |
| Pine Ridge Elementary Bend | 528 | 48.3% | 59.0% |
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 Beverly Cleary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #27 of 591 | #12 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #27 of 646 no change | #14 of 109 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #20 of 646 ▲ 8 | #11 of 109 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #41 of 710 | #8 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #496 of 587 | #86 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #384 of 587 | #91 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.7% | #611 of 645 | #88 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.4% | #18 of 493 | #6 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
535
-156 (-23%) vs 2020
+177% since 1990-91, when it was 193
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 535 | 27.7 | 19.4:1 | 42% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 27.8 | 20.1:1 | 12% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 29.5 | 20.5:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 691 | 33 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 897 | 42.3 | 21.2:1 | 10% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 859 | 42 | 20.4:1 | 10% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 28 | 21.6:1 | 14% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 196 | 8 | 24.5:1 | 4% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 193 | 8 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beverly Cleary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (897 to 535); teachers down 35% (42.3 to 27.7).
About Beverly Cleary School
Among the schools in Portland, Oregon, is Beverly Cleary School, a large elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 535 students. Across elementary schools in Oregon, the average enrollment is about 321.
Portland SD 1J has 41,894 students in 86 schools, and Beverly Cleary School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Beverly Cleary School, about 72 are White. After that, the student body is 15% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Among Multnomah County residents, the White share is about 68%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
Beverly Cleary School lists 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 19.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon is 2.8 students per teacher. About 42% of students at Beverly Cleary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 75% average for public schools in Multnomah County is 33 points.
Beverly Cleary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of Oregon public elementary schools.
Beverly Cleary School outperforms its prediction by 20.6 points. The model expects 46.4% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Oregon; the school's rate is 67.0%.
The county, Multnomah County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $88,766 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Multnomah County has 169 public schools with about 81,096 students, including Beverly Cleary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Grant High School, is about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Beverly Cleary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Beverly Cleary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 535, from 691 in 2020-21. The ratio was 20.9:1 in 2020-21 and 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Grant High School0.3 mi · 2,149
- Laurelhurst Elementary School0.8 mi · 660
- Alameda Elementary School0.8 mi · 498
- da Vinci Middle School0.9 mi · 427
- Beaumont Middle School1.0 mi · 435
- Irvington Elementary School1.0 mi · 249
Frequently asked questions
About Beverly Cleary SchoolHow many students attend Beverly Cleary School?
Beverly Cleary School enrolls approximately 535 students in grades KG-08.
Is Beverly Cleary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beverly Cleary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Beverly Cleary School have?
Beverly Cleary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Beverly Cleary School?
Student demographics at Beverly Cleary School are roughly 72% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Beverly Cleary School in?
Beverly Cleary School is part of Portland SD 1J.
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