Enrollment
249
Elementary
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST GROVE SD 15·NCES 410516001578
Fern Hill Elementary School
4445 Heather St, Forest Grove, OR 97116 · (503) 359-2550 · Washington County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
200 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 19% smaller than its 4th grade class (57).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Forest Grove SD 15. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
30.4%
OR avg 43.0% . +12.9pp since 2023
Math
28.2%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.4% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 17.5% | 23.3% |
% 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
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Fern Hill Elementary School
Fern Hill Elementary School's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Hill Elementary School this school | 249 | 80.3% | 24.9% |
| South Shore Elementary School Albany | 356 | 80.3% | 23.8% |
| Ferndale Elementary School Milton-Freewater | 240 | 84.6% | 23.6% |
| Jackson Elementary School Medford | 321 | 87.5% | 15.4% |
| Richmond Elementary School Salem | 242 | 88.8% | 11.4% |
| W L Henry Elementary School Hillsboro | 284 | 77.5% | 17.5% |
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 Fern Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #448 of 591 | #69 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #402 of 646 ▲ 75 | #68 of 89 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #494 of 646 ▲ 116 | #72 of 89 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 249 | #508 of 710 | #78 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #29 of 587 | #3 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.8% | #363 of 587 | #73 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #274 of 645 | #5 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.0% | #48 of 493 | #8 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
249
+23 (+10%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 249 | 18.6 | 13.4:1 | 80% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 17.5 | 14.7:1 | 65% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 22.7 | 11.6:1 | 93% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | 14 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 19.6 | 19.2:1 | 78% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 353 | 19 | 18.6:1 | 78% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 18 | 18.6:1 | 74% (248) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fern Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (377 to 249); teachers down 5% (19.6 to 18.6).
About Fern Hill Elementary School
Located in Forest Grove, Oregon, Fern Hill Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school had 249 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Oregon) has about 321 students.
Fern Hill Elementary School falls under Forest Grove SD 15, which has 11 schools enrolling 5,692 students.
At 69%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Fern Hill Elementary School combined. The school is also 24% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 19%. Fern Hill Elementary School has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Fern Hill Elementary School operates with 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.4:1. That ratio is under the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 80%. The 57% average for public schools in Washington County is 23 points lower.
Fern Hill Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.9% and a predicted 31.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Washington County, median household income is about $107,772, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 136 public schools operate in Washington County, serving about 79,469 students.
Nearby, Neil Armstrong Middle School is about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 24.7%; Fern Hill Elementary School's is 24.9%, ranking 3rd of 8.
Fern Hill Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 249, 10% above the 226 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 16.1:1 to 13.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Forest Grove SD 15
- Forest Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- Neil Armstrong Middle SchoolMiddle · 838 students
- Tom McCall Upper ElementaryMiddle · 673 students
- Harvey Clarke Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Echo Shaw Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Joseph Gale Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other schools in Forest Grove
- Forest Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- Neil Armstrong Middle SchoolMiddle · 838 students
- Tom McCall Upper ElementaryMiddle · 673 students
- Harvey Clarke Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Joseph Gale Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Forest Grove Community SchoolElementary · 202 students
Other Fern Hill Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Fern Hill Elementary. Fern Hill Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Fern Hill Elementary SchoolWest Chester, PA · 408 students
- Fern Hill Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 311 students
Nearby schools
- Neil Armstrong Middle School0.2 mi · 838
- Echo Shaw Elementary School0.5 mi · 389
- Joseph Gale Elementary School1.0 mi · 388
- Cornelius Elementary School1.0 mi · 372
- Community Alternative Learning Center1.4 mi · 141
- Free Orchards Elementary School1.5 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Fern Hill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fern Hill Elementary School?
Fern Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 249 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Fern Hill Elementary School serve?
Fern Hill Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Fern Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Fern Hill Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fern Hill Elementary School?
At Fern Hill Elementary School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 69% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Fern Hill Elementary School in?
Fern Hill Elementary School is part of Forest Grove SD 15.
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