Cherry Park Elementary School

Cherry Park Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in Portland, Oregon, one of the schools within David Douglas SD 40, with 442 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 38% larger than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

David Douglas SD 40 runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 8,716 students. Cherry Park Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Cherry Park Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 25% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 13% multiracial, 12% Black. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 108% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Multnomah County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Multnomah County shows median household income runs about $88,766, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Multnomah County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), of which Cherry Park Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Floyd Light Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 478 students in 2018 compared to 442 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 34% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.