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What's something Butler Creek Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTENNIAL SD 28J·NCES 410280001574
Butler Creek Elementary School
2789 SW Butler Rd, Gresham, OR 97080 · (503) 762-6100 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
496 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
40.8%
OR avg 43.0% . -6.5pp since 2023
Math
32.2%
OR avg 31.8% . -8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 40.7% |
% 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Butler Creek Elementary School
Butler Creek Elementary School's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Creek Elementary School this school | 509 | 97.4% | 35.5% |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School Gresham | 328 | 95.7% | 36.3% |
| Powell Butte Elementary School Portland | 392 | 98.2% | 14.5% |
| Parklane Elementary School Portland | 397 | 100.0% | 17.5% |
| Pringle Elementary School Salem | 488 | 87.9% | 28.0% |
| Woodmere Elementary School Portland | 241 | 98.3% | 21.8% |
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 Butler Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #278 of 591 | #45 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #339 of 646 ▼ 116 | #57 of 109 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #332 of 646 ▼ 96 | #57 of 109 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #56 of 710 | #11 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #540 of 587 | #94 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #37 of 587 | #28 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #100 of 645 | #49 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #409 of 493 | #77 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
509
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 509 | 25.1 | 20.3:1 | 97% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 25.3 | 20.5:1 | 70% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 24.5 | 20.9:1 | 70% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 25 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 26.6 | 20.9:1 | 50% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 26 | 21.6:1 | 51% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 25 | 24.1:1 | 50% (303) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Butler Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (556 to 509); teachers down 6% (26.6 to 25.1).
About Butler Creek Elementary School
Butler Creek Elementary School is a large elementary school in Gresham, Oregon, under Centennial SD 28J. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 509 students. It has 59% more students than the average for elementary schools in Oregon (about 321).
The 9 schools of Centennial SD 28J, including Butler Creek Elementary School, enroll 5,304 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Butler Creek Elementary School is White, with 44% of students. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 11% multiracial, and 7% Black. The county population is about 68% White. The diversity index for Butler Creek Elementary School is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, Butler Creek Elementary School has a ratio of 20.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Oregon, 16.5:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Multnomah County, the average is 75%.
Butler Creek Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.5%) and its predicted rate (24.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools.
In Multnomah County, the median household earns about $88,766 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Multnomah County has 169 public schools with about 81,096 students, including Butler Creek Elementary School.
Pleasant Valley Elementary School is the nearest public school to Butler Creek Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. Within five miles of Butler Creek Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Butler Creek Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 549 students in 2020-21 to 509 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.3:1) than in 2020-21 (22.0:1).
On allk12, people connected to Butler Creek Elementary School can post about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Centennial SD 28J
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Oliver MiddleMiddle · 435 students
- Parklane Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Powell Butte Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
Other schools in Gresham
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Gresham High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Sam Barlow High SchoolHigh · 1,635 students
- Metro East Web AcademyCombined · 759 students
- Gordon Russell Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Clear Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Valley Elementary School1.2 mi · 328
- Hollydale Elementary School1.4 mi · 474
- Centennial High School1.9 mi · 1,731
- Powell Butte Elementary School2.1 mi · 392
- Meadows Elementary2.2 mi · 320
- Centennial Middle School2.2 mi · 876
Frequently asked questions
About Butler Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Butler Creek Elementary School?
Butler Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Butler Creek Elementary School serve?
Butler Creek Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Butler Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Butler Creek Elementary School is approximately 20.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Butler Creek Elementary School?
At Butler Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% Black, 16% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Butler Creek Elementary School public or private?
Butler Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Centennial SD 28J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.