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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Happy Valley Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH CLACKAMAS SD 12·NCES 410883000076
Happy Valley Elementary School
13865 SE King Rd, Happy Valley, OR 97086 · (503) 353-5420 · Clackamas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Oregon public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
291 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
63.6%
OR avg 43.0% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
53.3%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 48.4% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →
Schools most like Happy Valley Elementary School
Happy Valley Elementary School's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Valley Elementary School this school | 491 | 59.3% | 52.8% |
| Oregon Trail Elementary School Clackamas | 455 | 58.0% | 41.5% |
| Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary Damascus | 506 | 58.3% | 40.8% |
| Scholls Heights Elementary School Beaverton | 597 | 51.4% | 65.9% |
| Bonny Slope Elementary School Portland | 602 | 50.7% | 70.3% |
| Scouters Mountain Elementary Happy Valley | 568 | 58.6% | 56.1% |
Matched among Oregon elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Happy Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #103 of 591 | #17 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #112 of 646 ▲ 43 | #17 of 66 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #97 of 646 ▲ 36 | #13 of 66 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #75 of 710 | #8 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #550 of 587 | #54 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #120 of 587 | #10 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.3% | #482 of 645 | #23 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.4% | #24 of 88 | #5 of 18 |
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
491
+81 (+20%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 491 | 23.5 | 20.9:1 | 59% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 22.9 | 21.1:1 | 27% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 22 | 22.2:1 | 16% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 21 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 18.9 | 22.9:1 | 11% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 18 | 24.8:1 | 13% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 25 | 22.7:1 | 17% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 19 | 20.5:1 | 8% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 22 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Happy Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (433 to 491); teachers up 24% (18.9 to 23.5).
About Happy Valley Elementary School
Federal records list Happy Valley Elementary School as an elementary school in Happy Valley, Oregon. The school serves 491 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Oregon is roughly 321 students; this school is 53% above that.
North Clackamas SD 12 counts 31 schools and 16,837 students, including Happy Valley Elementary School.
Happy Valley Elementary School's enrollment is 54% White. The remaining shares are 25% Asian, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Clackamas County's population at about 79%. Happy Valley Elementary School has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 20.9 students per teacher and 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 59%. The rate at public schools in Clackamas County averages 50%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Happy Valley Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Happy Valley Elementary School is 13.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Oregon schools.
Happy Valley Elementary School is located in Clackamas County, where median household income is about $103,517, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 118 public schools in Clackamas County, with a combined enrollment of about 57,601.
The nearest public school is Happy Valley Middle School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Happy Valley Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 39.2% proficiency; Happy Valley Elementary School posts 52.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Happy Valley Elementary School had 410 students in 2020-21 and 491 in 2024-25, a 20% rise. The ratio was 19.5:1 in 2020-21 and 20.9:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Happy Valley Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Clackamas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
423,975
Census ACS
Median income
$103,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
57,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Clackamas SD 12
- Adrienne C. Nelson High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Clackamas High SchoolHigh · 1,280 students
- Happy Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,158 students
- Putnam High SchoolHigh · 1,060 students
- Rock Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Milwaukie High SchoolHigh · 874 students
Other schools in Happy Valley
- Adrienne C. Nelson High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Happy Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,158 students
- Scouters Mountain ElementaryElementary · 568 students
- Mount Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Verne A Duncan Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Spring Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
Other Happy Valley Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Happy Valley Elementary. Happy Valley Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Happy Valley ElementaryJohnson City, TN · 506 students
- Happy Valley ElementaryLafayette, CA · 463 students
- Happy Valley Elementary SchoolBellingham, WA · 455 students
- Happy Valley ElementaryAnderson, CA · 242 students
- Happy Valley ElementaryLenoir, NC · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Happy Valley Middle School0.0 mi · 1,158
- Spring Mountain Elementary School1.1 mi · 350
- Scouters Mountain Elementary1.5 mi · 568
- Sunnyside Elementary School1.6 mi · 402
- Oregon Trail Elementary School1.8 mi · 455
- Rock Creek Middle School2.1 mi · 889
Frequently asked questions
About Happy Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Happy Valley Elementary School?
Happy Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 491 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Happy Valley Elementary School serve?
Happy Valley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Happy Valley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Happy Valley Elementary School is approximately 20.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Happy Valley Elementary School?
At Happy Valley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 25% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Happy Valley Elementary School?
Happy Valley Elementary School is overseen by North Clackamas SD 12 in Clackamas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.