Gresham Arthur Academy
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (28).
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.6% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.9% | 43.6% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 31 points, placing it in Oregon's top 10%.
Schools most like Gresham Arthur Academy
Gresham Arthur Academy's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gresham Arthur Academy this school | 168 | 81.5% | 61.5% |
| Clear Lake Elementary School Eugene | 225 | 87.6% | 23.9% |
| Fir Grove Elementary School Roseburg | 238 | 85.3% | 31.8% |
| Chapman Hill Elementary School Salem | 306 | 87.6% | 35.3% |
| Brush College Elementary School Salem | 250 | 88.8% | 41.5% |
| Dilley Elementary School Forest Grove | 201 | 81.1% | 51.1% |
Where Gresham Arthur Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #57 of 591 | #17 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #134 of 646 ▲ 62 | #38 of 109 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #45 of 646 ▼ 21 | #17 of 109 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 168 | #611 of 710 | #106 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.5% | #264 of 645 | #60 of 103 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 168 | 10 | 16.8:1 | 82% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 171 | 10.6 | 16.1:1 | 43% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 167 | 10 | 16.7:1 | 47% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 170 | 10 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 172 | 7 | 24.6:1 | 33% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 169 | 8 | 21.1:1 | 43% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 148 | 5 | 29.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (172 to 168); teachers up 43% (7 to 10).
About Gresham Arthur Academy
This page covers Gresham Arthur Academy, a small elementary school in Gresham, Oregon. Enrollment stands at 168 students, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 48% below the 321-student average for elementary schools in Oregon.
Gresham-Barlow SD 10J serves 11,345 students across 20 schools.
The share of White students at Gresham Arthur Academy is 57%, a majority. It is also 23% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Multnomah County is roughly 68% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
There are 10 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Of all students at Gresham Arthur Academy, 82% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 61.5%, is 30.5 points above the 30.9% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Oregon schools.
In Multnomah County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $88,766 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Gresham Arthur Academy, Multnomah County has 169 public schools.
Highland Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Gresham Arthur Academy is 1st of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Federal data show 170 students in 2020-21 and 168 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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