East Orient Elementary School

East Orient Elementary School is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Gresham, Oregon, operated by Gresham-Barlow SD 10J, educateing 382 students in grades K through 5.

East Orient Elementary School is one of 20 schools operated by Gresham-Barlow SD 10J, a district that works with 11,345 students overall.

On the student-mix side, East Orient Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, East Orient Elementary School shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, East Orient Elementary 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 41.2%, a residual of +10.6 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Multnomah County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,766, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Multnomah County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), of which East Orient Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Orient Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Orient Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 28.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. East Orient Elementary School's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 474 (now 382). Over the same period, the White share fell from 80% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

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