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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REYNOLDS SD 7·NCES 411052000999
Glenfair Elementary School
15300 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR 97230 · (503) 491-2720 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
503 students
DISTRICT 102% · 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 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
18.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
10.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.0% | 10.5% |
| 2023-24 | 22.4% | 11.3% |
% 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
12.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 →
Where Glenfair Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #574 of 591 | #75 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #628 of 646 ▼ 6 | #107 of 109 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #614 of 646 ▼ 35 | #103 of 109 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #77 of 710 | #16 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #220 of 587 | #49 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.1% | #8 of 587 | #8 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #41 of 645 | #28 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #444 of 493 | #83 of 89 |
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
489
+79 (+19%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 428
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 489 | 30.2 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 30.1 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 27.3 | 15.7:1 | 100% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 26 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 30.1 | 17.3:1 | 93% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 93% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 23 | 21.9:1 | 92% (465) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 60% (316) |
| 1990-91 | 428 | 19 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenfair Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (521 to 489); teachers unchanged (30.1 to 30.2).
About Glenfair Elementary School
Glenfair Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Portland, Oregon. It teaches 489 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Oregon have about 321 students on average; enrollment here is 52% higher.
Reynolds SD 7 has 9,631 students spread across 20 schools.
Hispanic students make up 37% of enrollment at Glenfair Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 22% Black, 15% White, 14% Asian, and 7% multiracial. In Multnomah County overall, about 14% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 77% means there is a 77% chance two randomly chosen students at Glenfair Elementary School are from different groups.
Based on 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Glenfair Elementary School has a ratio of 16.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon.
Glenfair Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 12.7% is 9.9 points below the 22.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Multnomah County show the median household earns about $88,766 a year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Glenfair Elementary School, Multnomah County has 169 public schools.
HOLLA School is about 0.6 miles from Glenfair Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Glenfair Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
Glenfair Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment increased 19% over 4 years, reaching 489 in 2024-25.
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Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Reynolds SD 7
- Reynolds High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
- Hauton B Lee Middle SchoolMiddle · 718 students
- Multnomah Learning AcademyElementary · 550 students
- Walt Morey Middle SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Wilkes Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Nearby schools
- HOLLA School0.6 mi · 98
- Walden Crossing School0.7 mi · 4
- Oliver Middle0.8 mi · 435
- Parklane Elementary School0.8 mi · 397
- Margaret Scott Elementary School1.0 mi · 361
- Hauton B Lee Middle School1.0 mi · 718
Frequently asked questions
About Glenfair Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Glenfair Elementary School?
Glenfair Elementary School enrolls approximately 489 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Glenfair Elementary School serve?
Glenfair Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Glenfair Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Glenfair Elementary School is approximately 16.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Glenfair Elementary School?
Glenfair Elementary School reports a student body of 15% White, 37% Hispanic, 22% Black, 14% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Glenfair Elementary School?
Glenfair Elementary School is overseen by Reynolds SD 7 in Multnomah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.