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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST LINN-WILSONVILLE SD 3J·NCES 411317001575
Boones Ferry Primary School
11495 Wilsonville Rd, Wilsonville, OR 97070 · (503) 673-7300 · Clackamas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
188 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
48.0%
OR avg 43.0% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
38.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 36.5% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Boones Ferry Primary School
Boones Ferry Primary School's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boones Ferry Primary School this school | 427 | 44.0% | 37.8% |
| Boeckman Creek Primary School Wilsonville | 488 | 44.1% | 45.9% |
| Lowrie Primary School Wilsonville | 482 | 42.9% | 52.8% |
| R E Jewell Elementary School Bend | 421 | 48.5% | 32.6% |
| Warrenton Grade School Warrenton | 405 | 43.5% | 29.3% |
| Hawks View Elementary School Sherwood | 457 | 50.1% | 54.2% |
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 Boones Ferry Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #246 of 591 | #34 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #255 of 646 ▲ 14 | #35 of 66 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #238 of 646 ▲ 97 | #34 of 66 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #154 of 710 | #21 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #166 of 587 | #13 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #188 of 587 | #19 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #584 of 645 | #55 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #167 of 493 | #16 of 43 |
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
427
-93 (-18%) vs 2020
-46% since 2010-11, when it was 791
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 427 | 27.5 | 15.5:1 | 44% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 28.5 | 16.8:1 | 42% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 29.4 | 17.0:1 | 35% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 29% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 34 | 16.5:1 | 42% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 53% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 791 | 38 | 20.8:1 | 38% (297) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boones Ferry Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (560 to 427); teachers down 19% (34 to 27.5).
About Boones Ferry Primary School
Boones Ferry Primary School sits in Wilsonville, Oregon, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 427 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Oregon is about 321 students.
In West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J, 17 schools enroll a combined 8,842 students.
Roughly 59% of students at Boones Ferry Primary School are White. Enrollment also includes 24% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Clackamas County, the White share is about 79%. Boones Ferry Primary School's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 15.5:1 comes from the school's 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.0 students per teacher below the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 44% in 2024-25.
The allk12 Grade for Boones Ferry Primary School is C+. Compared with Oregon public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Boones Ferry Primary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.8% is 7.7 points below the 45.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Clackamas County residents, the median household income is $103,517, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides Boones Ferry Primary School, Clackamas County has 117 other public schools.
Inza R Wood Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Boones Ferry Primary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Boones Ferry Primary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Boones Ferry Primary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 93 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.7:1 to 15.5:1.
Community posts for Boones Ferry Primary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J
- West Linn High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Wilsonville High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
- Rosemont Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Boeckman Creek Primary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Lowrie Primary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Trillium Creek Primary SchoolElementary · 480 students
Other schools in Wilsonville
- Wilsonville High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
- Boeckman Creek Primary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Lowrie Primary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Inza R Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 441 students
- Meridian Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 368 students
Nearby schools
- Inza R Wood Middle School0.1 mi · 441
- Lowrie Primary School0.8 mi · 482
- Wilsonville High School2.4 mi · 1,258
- Boeckman Creek Primary School2.5 mi · 488
- Meridian Creek Middle School2.8 mi · 368
- Archer Glen Elementary School4.2 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Boones Ferry Primary SchoolHow large is Boones Ferry Primary School?
Boones Ferry Primary School enrolls approximately 427 students in grades PK-05.
Is Boones Ferry Primary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Boones Ferry Primary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Boones Ferry Primary School have?
Boones Ferry Primary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
How diverse is Boones Ferry Primary School?
Boones Ferry Primary School reports a student body of 59% White, 24% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Boones Ferry Primary School in?
Boones Ferry Primary School is part of West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.