Creston Elementary School

Creston Elementary School, a compact primary school in Portland, Oregon, one of the schools within Portland SD 1J, caters to 246 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Creston Elementary School sits 23% below that benchmark.

Across the 86 schools in Portland SD 1J (41,894 students total), Creston Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Creston Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 126% of students at Creston Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Multnomah County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Multnomah County reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,766 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Creston Elementary School is one of 169 public schools in Multnomah County (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students).

The closest other public school is Franklin High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Creston Elementary School.

Creston Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 34%: 372 students in 2018 compared to 246 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 60% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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