Firwood Elementary School

Firwood Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school in Sandy, Oregon, overseen by Oregon Trail SD 46. The school enrolls 430 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Firwood Elementary School sits 34% larger than that benchmark.

Oregon Trail SD 46 comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,202 students; Firwood Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Firwood Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 72%; the rest comes out to 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Firwood Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Firwood Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at Firwood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Clackamas County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Firwood Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Clackamas County put the typical household earns roughly $103,517 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Firwood Elementary School is one of 118 public schools in Clackamas County (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sandy Grade School, around 2.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Firwood Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Firwood Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 39.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Firwood Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 433 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 72% across the same window.

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