Bilquist Elementary School

Bilquist Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Milwaukie, Oregon, operated by North Clackamas SD 12, with 373 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within North Clackamas SD 12, which oversees 31 schools and 16,837 students, Bilquist Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Bilquist Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Clackamas County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Clackamas County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bilquist Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.9%; actual is 22.1%, a gap of -17.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Clackamas County) shows that median household earnings sit near $103,517, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Clackamas County's 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), Bilquist Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Alder Creek Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bilquist Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.7%.

Bilquist Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Bilquist Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 436 (now 373). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 22% to 18%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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