City View Charter School

City View Charter School is an average-sized elementary campus in Hillsboro, Oregon, part of Hillsboro SD 1J. The school enrolls 409 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 27% larger than the state mean of about 321.

Across the 37 schools in Hillsboro SD 1J (18,465 students total), City View Charter School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, City View Charter School lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 9% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, City View Charter School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 15% of students at City View Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Washington County's rate of about 57%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), City View Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.7%, the actual is 47.5%, a residual of -9.2 points.

Around the school, census data for Washington County shows median household income runs about $107,772, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), City View Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Brookwood Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), City View Charter School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. As a public charter, City View Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 115%: 190 students in 2018 compared to 409 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 72% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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