Fern Hill Elementary School

Located at 4445 Heather St, in Forest Grove, Oregon, Fern Hill Elementary School is a tight-knit K-5 school that caters to 249 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of Forest Grove SD 15. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 22% below typical.

Forest Grove SD 15 runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 5,692 students. Fern Hill Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fern Hill Elementary School reports that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 24% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fern Hill Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.4%, the actual is 24.9%, a residual of -6.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household income runs about $107,772, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fern Hill Elementary School is one of 136 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students).

Neil Armstrong Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 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), Fern Hill Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 24.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 34%: 377 students in 2018 compared to 249 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 75% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.