Chief Joseph Elementary School

As a mid-tier primary school in Portland, Oregon, Chief Joseph Elementary School enrolls 278 students from grades K through 5, run under Portland SD 1J.

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

On the student-mix side, Chief Joseph Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Multnomah County (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chief Joseph Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.4%, the actual is 49.8%, a residual of +3.5 points.

Across the wider county, Multnomah County reports that median household income runs about $88,766, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Chief Joseph Elementary School is one of 169 public schools in Multnomah County (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ockley Green Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chief Joseph Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chief Joseph Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 34.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Chief Joseph Elementary School's enrollment has declined 23% since 2018, when it stood at 363 (now 278). Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 58% to 72%.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.