Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000876
Boise-Eliot Elementary School
620 N Fremont, Portland, OR 97227 · (503) 916-6171 · Multnomah County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
107%
335 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
19.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
14.8%
OR avg 31.8% . -6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
313
-170 (-35%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.7:1
% White
22%
was 17%
% Hispanic
18%
was 12%
% Black
45%
was 56%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Boise-Eliot Elementary School
Boise-Eliot Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Portland, Oregon, one of the schools within Portland SD 1J. Current enrollment sits at 313 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
Boise-Eliot Elementary School is one of 86 schools operated by Portland SD 1J, a district that educates 41,894 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Boise-Eliot Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 22% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 6% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 107% of students at Boise-Eliot Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Multnomah County (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Multnomah County) logs that median household earnings sit near $88,766, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Boise-Eliot Elementary School is one of 169 public schools in Multnomah County (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students).
Nearest neighbor: Kairos PDX, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Boise-Eliot Elementary School.
Boise-Eliot Elementary School operates from an urban location.
Over the past 7-year window. Boise-Eliot Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 35% since 2018, when it stood at 483 (now 313). Black enrollment moved from 56% to 45% across the same window.
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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
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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
- Kairos PDX0.3 mi · 226
- Harriet Tubman Middle School0.6 mi · 329
- Jefferson High School0.9 mi · 456
- Beach Elementary School0.9 mi · 295
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School1.0 mi · 312
- The Ivy School1.1 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Boise-Eliot Elementary SchoolHow large is Boise-Eliot Elementary School?
Boise-Eliot Elementary School enrolls approximately 313 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Boise-Eliot Elementary School serve?
Boise-Eliot Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Boise-Eliot Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Boise-Eliot Elementary School.
How diverse is Boise-Eliot Elementary School?
Boise-Eliot Elementary School reports a student body of 22% White, 18% Hispanic, 45% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Boise-Eliot Elementary School?
Boise-Eliot Elementary School is overseen by Portland SD 1J in Multnomah County.
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