Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School

Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School is a mid-sized elementary-level community in Damascus, Oregon, operated by Gresham-Barlow SD 10J. The school educates 477 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 49% larger than the state mean of about 321.

Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School is one of 20 schools operated by Gresham-Barlow SD 10J, a district that instructs 11,345 students overall.

Demographically, Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School reports that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest looks like 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. Compared to Clackamas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Clackamas County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.6%, the actual is 44.8%, a residual of +14.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Clackamas County put median household income runs about $103,517, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School is one of 118 public schools in Clackamas County (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students).

Boring Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School's enrollment has expanded 12% since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 477). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 83% to 75%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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