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If you could change one rule at Deer Creek Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIGARD-TUALATIN SD 23J·NCES 411224001261
Deer Creek Elementary School
16155 SW 131st Ave, Tigard, OR 97224 · (503) 431-4450 · Washington County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
310 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.2% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 40.1% |
% 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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Deer Creek Elementary School
Deer Creek Elementary School's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek Elementary School this school | 534 | 58.1% | 39.8% |
| Charles F Tigard Elementary School Tigard | 460 | 57.4% | 37.7% |
| Durham Elementary School Tigard | 471 | 61.1% | 41.6% |
| Metzger Elementary School Tigard | 566 | 61.3% | 38.3% |
| James Templeton Elementary School Tigard | 543 | 63.2% | 35.7% |
| Chehalem Elementary School Beaverton | 396 | 55.6% | 40.3% |
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 Deer Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #228 of 591 | #46 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #219 of 646 ▲ 12 | #45 of 89 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #177 of 646 ▲ 70 | #35 of 89 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #42 of 710 | #14 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #326 of 587 | #46 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #83 of 587 | #28 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.1% | #499 of 645 | #52 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #363 of 493 | #60 of 70 |
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
534
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 534 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 58% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 31.7 | 17.0:1 | 46% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 32.3 | 17.5:1 | 32% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 32.1 | 19.1:1 | 29% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 30 | 20.0:1 | 35% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 26 | 21.4:1 | 36% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 610 | 30 | 20.3:1 | 13% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (613 to 534); teachers down 3% (32.1 to 31).
About Deer Creek Elementary School
Deer Creek Elementary School is a large elementary school that serves part of Tigard, Oregon. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 534 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students, which makes this school 66% bigger than average.
Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J has 19 schools and 11,342 students, and Deer Creek Elementary School is one of those schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Deer Creek Elementary School is White, with 46% of students. Other groups make up 33% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 4% Black. Washington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Deer Creek Elementary School scores 67%.
Based on 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, Deer Creek Elementary School has a ratio of 17.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Oregon, 16.5:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 57% average for public schools in Washington County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 40.0% at Deer Creek Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.8%.
For the population of Washington County, the median household earns about $107,772 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Washington County, 136 public schools serve about 79,469 students.
About 0.7 miles separate Deer Creek Elementary School from the closest public school, Alberta Rider Elementary School. The five-mile area around Deer Creek Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Deer Creek Elementary School's average proficiency of 39.8% compares with 41.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Deer Creek Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 534, close to the 538 recorded in 2020-21.
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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 Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J
- Tigard High SchoolHigh · 1,771 students
- Tualatin High SchoolHigh · 1,687 students
- Twality Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Hazelbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- Thomas R Fowler Middle SchoolMiddle · 744 students
- Metzger Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
Other schools in Tigard
- Tigard High SchoolHigh · 1,771 students
- Twality Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Thomas R Fowler Middle SchoolMiddle · 744 students
- Metzger Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- James Templeton Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Durham Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
Other Deer Creek Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Deer Creek Elementary. Deer Creek Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Deer Creek Elementary SchoolCROWLEY, TX · 647 students
- Deer Creek Elementary SchoolCEDAR PARK, TX · 638 students
- Deer Creek ElementaryNoblesville, IN · 613 students
- Deer Creek Elementary SchoolEdmond, OK · 483 students
- DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFargo, ND · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Alberta Rider Elementary School0.7 mi · 367
- Hazelbrook Middle School1.2 mi · 792
- Art Rutkin Elementary School1.6 mi · 131
- Twality Middle School2.0 mi · 1,006
- James Templeton Elementary School2.0 mi · 543
- Tigard High School2.2 mi · 1,771
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Deer Creek Elementary School?
Deer Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 534 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Deer Creek Elementary School serve?
Deer Creek Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deer Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deer Creek Elementary School is approximately 17.3:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deer Creek Elementary School?
At Deer Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 33% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Deer Creek Elementary School public or private?
Deer Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.