Chapman Elementary School

Chapman Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Portland, Oregon, part of Portland SD 1J, with 353 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Portland SD 1J comprises 86 schools with combined enrollment of 41,894 students; Chapman Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Chapman Elementary School reports that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 18% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Multnomah County's rate of about 75%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chapman Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Multnomah County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $88,766 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Multnomah County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), Chapman Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Metropolitan Learning Center, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Chapman Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chapman Elementary School has decreased 34%, going from 532 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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