Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000880
Buckman Elementary School
320 SE 16th Ave, Portland, OR 97214 · (503) 916-6230 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
129 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
57%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
54.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
OR avg 31.8% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 46.4% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Buckman Elementary School
Buckman Elementary School's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckman Elementary School this school | 306 | 42.2% | 47.1% |
| Chief Joseph Elementary School Portland | 278 | 41.7% | 49.8% |
| Arleta Elementary School Portland | 252 | 41.3% | 45.9% |
| Rieke Elementary School Portland | 279 | 41.6% | 78.8% |
| The Ivy School Portland | 273 | 40.3% | 48.9% |
| 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 Buckman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #146 of 591 | #33 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #185 of 646 ▼ 15 | #43 of 109 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #170 of 646 ▼ 10 | #43 of 109 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #395 of 710 | #70 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #99 of 587 | #24 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #200 of 587 | #71 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.2% | #594 of 645 | #71 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.6% | #36 of 493 | #10 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
306
-142 (-32%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 306 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 42% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 23.8 | 15.6:1 | 65% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 23.8 | 16.6:1 | 65% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 25 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 23.3 | 20.4:1 | 27% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 22 | 21.9:1 | 31% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 25 | 19.9:1 | 37% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 32% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 25 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (475 to 306); teachers down 10% (23.3 to 21).
About Buckman Elementary School
Buckman Elementary School is an elementary school located in Portland, Oregon, in Multnomah County. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 306 students.
The district, Portland SD 1J, has 41,894 students enrolled across 86 schools.
White students are 60% of those enrolled at Buckman Elementary School. The next largest groups are 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 4% Black. In Multnomah County overall, about 68% of residents are White. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Buckman Elementary School are from different groups.
Buckman Elementary School lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.6 students per teacher. The school's 14.6:1 compares with an average of 16.5:1 for elementary schools in Oregon. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 42% of the student body. The gap from the 75% average for public schools in Multnomah County is 33 points.
Buckman Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.1%, compared with a predicted 46.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations.
Multnomah County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $88,766 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Multnomah County number 169, with about 81,096 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Buckman Elementary School from the closest public school, Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.2%; Buckman Elementary School's is 47.1%, ranking 5th of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 32% over 4 years, reaching 306 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.9:1 in 2020-21 to 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Buckman Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School0.3 mi · 376
- Alliance High School0.4 mi · 197
- Benson Polytechnic High School0.5 mi · 896
- da Vinci Middle School0.5 mi · 427
- Abernethy Elementary School1.0 mi · 285
- Sunnyside Environmental School1.1 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About Buckman Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Buckman Elementary School?
Buckman Elementary School enrolls approximately 306 students in grades KG-05.
Is Buckman Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Buckman Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Buckman Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Buckman Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Buckman Elementary School?
At Buckman Elementary School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Buckman Elementary School?
Buckman 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.