Durham Elementary School

Set in Tigard, Oregon, Durham Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school, operated by Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J. It enrolls 471 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 47% bigger than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Across the 19 schools in Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J (11,342 students total), Durham Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Durham Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 27% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Durham Elementary School logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Durham Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 41.6%.

In the area at large, Washington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), Durham Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Creekside Community High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Durham Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Durham Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Durham Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 553 (now 471). White enrollment moved from 56% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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