Forest Park Elementary School

Forest Park Elementary School is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in Portland, Oregon, one of the schools within Portland SD 1J, enrolling 302 students in grades K through 5.

Forest Park Elementary School is one of 86 schools operated by Portland SD 1J, a district that educates 41,894 students overall.

On demographics, Forest Park Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school records 21% Asian, 14% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Multnomah County's rate of about 75%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Forest Park Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 75.3%, a residual of +29.2 points.

Around the school, census data for Multnomah County shows median household income runs about $88,766, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Multnomah County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), Forest Park Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bonny Slope Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Forest Park Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 61.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Forest Park Elementary School has edged down 32%, going from 443 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 2% to 7%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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