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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIGARD-TUALATIN SD 23J·NCES 411224001190
Charles F Tigard Elementary School
12850 SW Grant St, Tigard, OR 97223 · (503) 431-4400 · Washington County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Oregon public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
17.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
264 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 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
68%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
39.4%
OR avg 43.0% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
31.6%
OR avg 31.8% . -8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 39 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 40.1% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Charles F Tigard Elementary School
Charles F Tigard Elementary School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles F Tigard Elementary School this school | 460 | 57.4% | 37.7% |
| Deer Creek Elementary School Tigard | 534 | 58.1% | 39.8% |
| Durham Elementary School Tigard | 471 | 61.1% | 41.6% |
| Verne A Duncan Elementary School Happy Valley | 400 | 58.0% | 39.0% |
| Chehalem Elementary School Beaverton | 396 | 55.6% | 40.3% |
| James Templeton Elementary School Tigard | 543 | 63.2% | 35.7% |
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 Charles F Tigard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #247 of 591 | #51 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #354 of 646 ▼ 123 | #62 of 89 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #357 of 646 ▼ 80 | #63 of 89 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #111 of 710 | #22 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #378 of 587 | #58 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #61 of 587 | #14 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.4% | #509 of 645 | #56 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #456 of 493 | #67 of 70 |
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
460
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 57% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 28.6 | 15.9:1 | 49% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 27.1 | 17.5:1 | 38% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 25 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 35% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 43% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 28 | 19.5:1 | 45% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 29 | 20.4:1 | 30% (178) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 23 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles F Tigard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (485 to 460); teachers down 4% (27 to 26).
About Charles F Tigard Elementary School
The public elementary school Charles F Tigard Elementary School is located in Tigard, Oregon. The school's 460 students are in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 43% higher than the average for elementary schools in Oregon, which is about 321.
Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J has 11,342 students in 19 schools, and Charles F Tigard Elementary School is one of those schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Charles F Tigard Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 46%. Smaller groups are 30% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, and 5% Asian. For comparison, the population of Washington County is roughly 64% White. Charles F Tigard Elementary School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 26 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.7:1. On average, elementary schools in Oregon have 16.5:1, compared with 17.7:1 here. Around 57% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Washington County average 57%.
allk12 grades Charles F Tigard Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Charles F Tigard Elementary School is 2.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Oregon schools.
Washington County has about 603,947 residents, and the median household income is $107,772, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, Washington County has 136 public schools and roughly 79,469 students.
The school nearest to Charles F Tigard Elementary School is Thomas R Fowler Middle School, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Charles F Tigard Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Charles F Tigard Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's size has been steady, with 461 students in 2020-21 and 460 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
603,947
Census ACS
Median income
$107,772
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
136
79,469 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J
- Tigard High SchoolHigh · 1,771 students
- Tualatin High SchoolHigh · 1,687 students
- Twality Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Hazelbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- Thomas R Fowler Middle SchoolMiddle · 744 students
- Metzger Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
Other schools in Tigard
- Tigard High SchoolHigh · 1,771 students
- Twality Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Thomas R Fowler Middle SchoolMiddle · 744 students
- Metzger Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- James Templeton Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Deer Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas R Fowler Middle School0.5 mi · 744
- Twality Middle School1.0 mi · 1,006
- James Templeton Elementary School1.1 mi · 543
- Mary Woodward Elementary School1.1 mi · 417
- Metzger Elementary School1.4 mi · 566
- Tigard-Tualatin Virtual Academy1.7 mi · 118
Frequently asked questions
About Charles F Tigard Elementary SchoolHow large is Charles F Tigard Elementary School?
Charles F Tigard Elementary School enrolls approximately 460 students in grades KG-05.
Is Charles F Tigard Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles F Tigard Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Charles F Tigard Elementary School have?
Charles F Tigard Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
How diverse is Charles F Tigard Elementary School?
Charles F Tigard Elementary School reports a student body of 46% White, 30% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Charles F Tigard Elementary School public or private?
Charles F Tigard Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.