Functional Living Skills Program

Functional Living Skills Program is one of the minimally staffed combined-grade schools in Portland, Oregon, overseen by Multnomah ESD, with 39 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 90% below the state mean of about 384.

Multnomah ESD comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 315 students; Functional Living Skills Program is among them.

On demographics, Functional Living Skills Program reports that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 23% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 13% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.5:1, putting Functional Living Skills Program tighter than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Multnomah County) logs that median household income runs about $88,766, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Functional Living Skills Program is one of 169 public schools in Multnomah County (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students).

Nearest neighbor: Multnomah Inverness School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.