Buckman Elementary School

Located at 320 SE 16th Ave, in Portland, Oregon, Buckman Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that enrolls 306 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Portland SD 1J.

Within Portland SD 1J, which oversees 86 schools and 41,894 students, Buckman Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Buckman Elementary School shows that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Buckman Elementary School reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Multnomah County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Buckman Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.2%, the actual is 47.1%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the area at large, Multnomah County reports that median household income runs about $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%. Buckman Elementary School is one of 169 public schools in Multnomah County (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students).

Nearest neighbor: Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Buckman Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.2%.

Buckman Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Buckman Elementary School's enrollment has fell 36% since 2018, when it stood at 475 (now 306). White enrollment moved from 68% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.