Clark Elementary School

Clark Elementary School is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in Portland, Oregon, one of the schools within Portland SD 1J, educateing 330 students in grades K through 5.

Within Portland SD 1J, which oversees 86 schools and 41,894 students, Clark Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Clark Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 25%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 21% Asian, 20% Black, 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Clark Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 101% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Multnomah County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Clark Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.5%.

Across the wider county, Multnomah County reports that median household income runs about $88,766, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Multnomah County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), of which Clark Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Harrison Park School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clark Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.2%.

Clark Elementary School operates from an urban location.

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