Enrollment
372
Elementary
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST GROVE SD 15·NCES 410516001182
Cornelius Elementary School
200 N 14th Ave, Cornelius, OR 97113 · (503) 359-2500 · Washington County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
306 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 19% smaller than its 4th grade class (74).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Forest Grove SD 15. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
18.7%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
18.3%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.7% | 18.3% |
| 2023-24 | 17.7% | 19.1% |
% 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
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Cornelius Elementary School
Cornelius Elementary School's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelius Elementary School this school | 372 | 82.3% | 18.4% |
| Echo Shaw Elementary School Cornelius | 389 | 82.3% | 18.0% |
| W L Henry Elementary School Hillsboro | 284 | 77.5% | 17.5% |
| Hoover Elementary School Salem | 402 | 88.3% | 18.1% |
| Cesar E Chavez Elementary Salem | 464 | 88.1% | 13.9% |
| Sam Boardman Elementary School Boardman | 330 | 74.5% | 18.4% |
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 Cornelius Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #525 of 591 | #76 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #553 of 646 ▼ 12 | #81 of 89 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #608 of 646 ▲ 1 | #86 of 89 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #263 of 710 | #51 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #140 of 587 | #18 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #579 of 587 | #85 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.3% | #253 of 645 | #2 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.6% | #14 of 88 | #4 of 15 |
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
372
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 372 | 24.5 | 15.2:1 | 82% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 64% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 26.2 | 14.2:1 | 93% (345) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 18.2 | 15.8:1 | 84% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 12 | 27.0:1 | 84% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 21 | 17.9:1 | 87% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 371 | 22 | 16.9:1 | 67% (247) |
| 1990-91 | 329 | 15 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cornelius Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (287 to 372); teachers up 34% (18.2 to 24.5).
About Cornelius Elementary School
Cornelius Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Forest Grove SD 15 in Cornelius, Oregon. Enrollment stands at 372 students, covering pre-K through 4.
Cornelius Elementary School reports to Forest Grove SD 15, which has 11 schools and 5,692 students.
Cornelius Elementary School is 89% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining shares are 9% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Washington County's population at about 19%. The diversity index for Cornelius Elementary School is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 306 students, or 82%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Washington County report 57%.
Cornelius Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 18.4% and a predicted 30.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Washington County show that the median household earns about $107,772 a year, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Washington County has 136 public schools with about 79,469 students, including Cornelius Elementary School.
Cornelius Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Free Orchards Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Cornelius Elementary School is 6th of 8 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Cornelius Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
People who know Cornelius Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Forest Grove SD 15
- Forest Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- Neil Armstrong Middle SchoolMiddle · 838 students
- Tom McCall Upper ElementaryMiddle · 673 students
- Harvey Clarke Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Echo Shaw Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Joseph Gale Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other schools in Cornelius
- Echo Shaw Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Free Orchards Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
Other Cornelius Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cornelius Elementary. Cornelius Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Cornelius Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 763 students
- Cornelius ElementaryCornelius, NC · 542 students
Nearby schools
- Free Orchards Elementary School0.7 mi · 385
- Echo Shaw Elementary School0.8 mi · 389
- Fern Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 249
- Neil Armstrong Middle School1.1 mi · 838
- Joseph Gale Elementary School1.9 mi · 388
- Community Alternative Learning Center2.4 mi · 141
Frequently asked questions
About Cornelius Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cornelius Elementary School?
Cornelius Elementary School enrolls approximately 372 students in grades PK-04.
Is Cornelius Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cornelius Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Cornelius Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Cornelius Elementary School.
How diverse is Cornelius Elementary School?
Cornelius Elementary School reports a student body of 9% White, 89% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Cornelius Elementary School?
Cornelius Elementary School is overseen by Forest Grove SD 15 in Washington County.
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