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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000878
Bridlemile Elementary School
4300 SW 47th Dr, Portland, OR 97221 · (503) 916-6292 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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.
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
17.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
175 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 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
47%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
77.9%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
73.7%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.5pp 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 74 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.9% | 73.7% |
| 2023-24 | 76.4% | 71.2% |
% 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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 24 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 Bridlemile Elementary School
Bridlemile Elementary School's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridlemile Elementary School this school | 418 | 41.9% | 70.3% |
| Sunnyside Environmental School Portland | 461 | 41.6% | 51.5% |
| Sunset Primary School West Linn | 375 | 44.5% | 56.7% |
| Bridger Creative Science School Portland | 474 | 42.2% | 44.3% |
| Willamette Primary School West Linn | 384 | 44.3% | 59.0% |
| Capitol Hill Elementary School Portland | 323 | 41.8% | 59.7% |
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 Bridlemile Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #18 of 591 | #10 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #17 of 646 ▲ 13 | #12 of 109 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #22 of 646 ▲ 4 | #12 of 109 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #173 of 710 | #27 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #343 of 587 | #61 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #341 of 587 | #84 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #599 of 645 | #76 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #208 of 493 | #47 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
418
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 418 | 24 | 17.4:1 | 42% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 25.4 | 17.6:1 | 17% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 21.7 | 21.1:1 | 13% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 25 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 24.5 | 21.8:1 | 14% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 24 | 20.0:1 | 15% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2000-01 | 477 | 25 | 19.1:1 | 14% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 544 | 24 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bridlemile Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (535 to 418); teachers down 2% (24.5 to 24).
About Bridlemile Elementary School
Students in Portland, Oregon, attend Bridlemile Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 418 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 30% higher than the average for elementary schools in Oregon, which is about 321.
Portland SD 1J enrolls 41,894 students, and its 86 schools include Bridlemile Elementary School.
White students are the majority at Bridlemile Elementary School, with 71% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. County-wide, about 68% of residents are White. Bridlemile Elementary School's diversity index is 47%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 24 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Oregon have 16.5:1, compared with 17.4:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 42% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 75% for public schools in Multnomah County.
Bridlemile Elementary School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 96% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations places Bridlemile Elementary School in the top 10% of Oregon schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 24.0 points above it (70.3% actual, 46.3% predicted).
Across Multnomah County, the median household income is $88,766, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Multnomah County has 169 public schools and roughly 81,096 students.
Hayhurst Elementary School is the public school closest to Bridlemile Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Bridlemile Elementary School at 3rd of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Bridlemile Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Bridlemile Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 437 in 2020-21 to 418 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Hayhurst Elementary School0.8 mi · 525
- Gray Middle School1.3 mi · 439
- Maplewood Elementary School1.5 mi · 296
- Raleigh Park Elementary School1.6 mi · 310
- Montclair Elementary School1.7 mi · 281
- Ainsworth Elementary School1.7 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Bridlemile Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bridlemile Elementary School?
Bridlemile Elementary School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Bridlemile Elementary School serve?
Bridlemile Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bridlemile Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bridlemile Elementary School is approximately 17.4:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bridlemile Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bridlemile Elementary School are roughly 71% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Bridlemile Elementary School?
Bridlemile Elementary School is overseen by Portland SD 1J in Multnomah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.