Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAVERTON SD 48J·NCES 410192001211
Chehalem Elementary School
15555 SW Davis Rd, Beaverton, OR 97007 · (503) 356-2060 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
220 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
44.3%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
31.3%
OR avg 31.8% . -11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 42.5% |
% 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Chehalem Elementary School
Chehalem Elementary School's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chehalem Elementary School this school | 396 | 55.6% | 40.3% |
| Charles F Tigard Elementary School Tigard | 460 | 57.4% | 37.7% |
| Milwaukie El Puente Elementary School Milwaukie | 408 | 58.8% | 33.2% |
| Garfield Elementary School Corvallis | 378 | 57.1% | 32.6% |
| Tualatin Elementary School Tualatin | 414 | 61.4% | 35.0% |
| Deer Creek Elementary School Tigard | 534 | 58.1% | 39.8% |
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 Chehalem Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #223 of 591 | #45 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #356 of 646 ▼ 148 | #63 of 89 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #283 of 646 ▼ 26 | #56 of 89 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #213 of 710 | #39 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #42 of 587 | #4 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #70 of 587 | #19 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.6% | #516 of 645 | #57 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #235 of 493 | #42 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
396
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 396 | 29 | 13.7:1 | 56% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 27.1 | 14.4:1 | 71% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 26.6 | 14.4:1 | 70% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 31.9 | 15.5:1 | 59% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 55% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 57% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 36% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 601 | 28 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chehalem Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (496 to 396); teachers down 9% (31.9 to 29).
About Chehalem Elementary School
Chehalem Elementary School is an elementary school in Beaverton, Oregon, reachable at (503) 356-2060. The school enrolls 396 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Oregon) has about 321 students.
Across its 56 schools, Beaverton SD 48J enrolls 37,479 students. Chehalem Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Chehalem Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 42%. After that, the student body is 36% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 2% Pacific Islander. Census figures show Washington County is about 64% White. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Chehalem Elementary School's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.7:1. On average, elementary schools in Oregon have 16.5:1, compared with 13.7:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 56%. That tracks the 57% average for public schools in Washington County.
The model predicts 41.0% for a school in Oregon with Chehalem Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Chehalem Elementary School posts 40.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Washington County show that 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%. Besides Chehalem Elementary School, Washington County has 135 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Chehalem Elementary School to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Fir Grove Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Chehalem Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Chehalem Elementary School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Chehalem Elementary School's enrollment declined from 426 in 2020-21 to 396 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.7:1, from 15.2:1.
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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 Beaverton SD 48J
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Mountainside High SchoolHigh · 1,741 students
- Aloha High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- Beaverton High SchoolHigh · 1,436 students
- Southridge High SchoolHigh · 1,430 students
Other schools in Beaverton
- Mountainside High SchoolHigh · 1,741 students
- Aloha High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- Beaverton High SchoolHigh · 1,436 students
- Southridge High SchoolHigh · 1,430 students
- Aloha-Huber Park SchoolElementary · 901 students
- International School of BeavertonHigh · 870 students
Nearby schools
- Fir Grove Elementary School0.9 mi · 337
- Mountain View Middle School0.9 mi · 793
- Aloha-Huber Park School1.0 mi · 901
- Cooper Mountain Elementary School1.0 mi · 384
- Highland Park Middle School1.0 mi · 600
- Sexton Mountain Elementary School1.1 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Chehalem Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chehalem Elementary School?
Chehalem Elementary School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Chehalem Elementary School serve?
Chehalem Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chehalem Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chehalem Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chehalem Elementary School?
At Chehalem Elementary School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 36% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Chehalem Elementary School in?
Chehalem Elementary School is part of Beaverton SD 48J.
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