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Does Firwood Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OREGON TRAIL SD 46·NCES 411089000107
Firwood Elementary School
42900 SE Trubel Rd, Sandy, OR 97055 · (503) 668-8005 · Clackamas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
258 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
53.3%
OR avg 43.0% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
44.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -5.1pp 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 45 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 44.5% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 49.6% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Firwood Elementary School
Firwood Elementary School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firwood Elementary School this school | 430 | 60.0% | 43.5% |
| Awbrey Park Elementary School Eugene | 401 | 63.8% | 33.5% |
| Sunset School Coos Bay | 380 | 56.3% | 14.5% |
| Clackamas River Elementary School Estacada | 433 | 55.4% | 30.4% |
| Gaffney Lane Elementary School Oregon City | 419 | 54.4% | 31.1% |
| Beavercreek Elementary School Beavercreek | 458 | 54.6% | 32.3% |
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 Firwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #183 of 591 | #27 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #179 of 646 ▼ 33 | #26 of 66 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #176 of 646 ▲ 39 | #26 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #150 of 710 | #20 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #450 of 587 | #42 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #387 of 587 | #41 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #478 of 645 | #20 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #490 of 493 | #43 of 43 |
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
430
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 430 | 23 | 18.7:1 | 60% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 22.5 | 20.2:1 | 52% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 22.5 | 21.3:1 | 41% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 20 | 21.8:1 | 14% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 22.3 | 19.4:1 | 40% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 21 | 22.1:1 | 43% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 17 | 25.4:1 | 45% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 16 | 22.3:1 | 40% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 24 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Firwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (433 to 430); teachers up 3% (22.3 to 23).
About Firwood Elementary School
In Sandy, Oregon, part of Clackamas County, Firwood Elementary School is an elementary school. The school had 430 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Oregon) has about 321 students.
Oregon Trail SD 46 counts 10 schools and 4,202 students, including Firwood Elementary School.
White students make up a majority at Firwood Elementary School, at 72%. Other students are 19% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 18.7:1 comes from the school's 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. The lunch program counts 60% of students at Firwood Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Clackamas County is 50%.
Firwood Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.5% is 4.2 points above the 39.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Clackamas County show that the median household income is $103,517, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Clackamas County is home to 118 public schools and about 57,601 public school students.
Nearest public school: Sandy Grade School, about 2.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Firwood Elementary School's average proficiency of 43.5% compares with 39.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Firwood Elementary School is Rural: Fringe.
Federal data show 436 students in 2020-21 and 430 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.8:1 in 2020-21 to 18.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Clackamas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
423,975
Census ACS
Median income
$103,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
57,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oregon Trail SD 46
- Sandy High SchoolHigh · 1,420 students
- Cedar Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 471 students
- Boring Middle SchoolMiddle · 427 students
- Kelso Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
- Sandy Grade SchoolElementary · 327 students
- Naas Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
Other schools in Sandy
- Sandy High SchoolHigh · 1,420 students
- Cedar Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 471 students
- Sandy Grade SchoolElementary · 327 students
Nearby schools
- Sandy Grade School2.6 mi · 327
- Cedar Ridge Middle School2.9 mi · 471
- Sandy High School3.5 mi · 1,420
- Kelso Elementary School5.2 mi · 350
- Summit Learning Charter6.4 mi · 1,355
- Oregon Trail Academy6.5 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Firwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Firwood Elementary School?
Firwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades KG-05.
Is Firwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Firwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Firwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Firwood Elementary School is approximately 18.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Firwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Firwood Elementary School are roughly 72% White, 19% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Firwood Elementary School?
Firwood Elementary School is overseen by Oregon Trail SD 46 in Clackamas County.
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