Forest Grove Community School

Forest Grove Community School, an intimate elementary campus in Forest Grove, Oregon, part of Forest Grove SD 15, works with 202 students, covering grades 1 through 8. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Forest Grove Community School sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Forest Grove SD 15 (5,692 students total), Forest Grove Community School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Forest Grove Community School records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting Forest Grove Community School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 32% of students at Forest Grove Community School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Washington County's rate of about 57%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Forest Grove Community School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Washington County shows the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Washington County runs 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), of which Forest Grove Community School is one.

Harvey Clarke Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Forest Grove Community School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 30.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. As a public charter, Forest Grove Community School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 201 students in 2018 compared to 202 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 9% to 18% over that span.

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