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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OREGON CITY SD 62·NCES 410933000114
Holcomb Elementary School
14625 S Holcomb Blvd, Oregon City, OR 97045 · (503) 785-8100 · Clackamas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Oregon public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
21.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
281 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
40.8%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
32.2%
OR avg 31.8% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 38.4% | 26.2% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Holcomb Elementary School
Holcomb Elementary School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holcomb Elementary School this school | 516 | 54.5% | 34.7% |
| Redland Elementary School Oregon City | 475 | 54.1% | 27.2% |
| Millicoma School Coos Bay | 473 | 53.9% | 26.7% |
| Beavercreek Elementary School Beavercreek | 458 | 54.6% | 32.3% |
| River Mill Elementary School Estacada | 506 | 53.2% | 36.3% |
| Clackamas River Elementary School Estacada | 433 | 55.4% | 30.4% |
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 Holcomb Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #287 of 591 | #40 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #342 of 646 ▲ 98 | #47 of 66 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #334 of 646 ▲ 23 | #45 of 66 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #52 of 710 | #5 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #564 of 587 | #56 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #408 of 587 | #44 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #521 of 645 | #43 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #79 of 88 | #18 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
516
+75 (+17%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 516 | 23.9 | 21.6:1 | 54% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 23.9 | 22.9:1 | 47% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 21.3 | 24.8:1 | 43% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 20 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 23.9 | 21.3:1 | 52% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 21 | 23.6:1 | 59% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 24 | 23.6:1 | 53% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 21 | 20.4:1 | 29% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 361 | 19 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holcomb Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (507 to 516); teachers unchanged (23.9 to 23.9).
About Holcomb Elementary School
Holcomb Elementary School is an elementary school in Oregon City, Oregon, reachable at (503) 785-8100. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 516 students. The school is 61% larger than the average for elementary schools in Oregon.
Holcomb Elementary School is one school in Oregon City SD 62, a system of 13 schools with 7,202 students.
The student body at Holcomb Elementary School is 74% White. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Holcomb Elementary School are from different groups.
There are about 21.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Holcomb Elementary School, which has 23.9. The school's 21.6:1 compares with an average of 16.5:1 for elementary schools in Oregon. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Holcomb Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 39% of Oregon public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Holcomb Elementary School is 6.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Oregon schools.
Clackamas County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $103,517 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Holcomb Elementary School shares Clackamas County with 117 other public schools.
Holcomb Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Alliance Charter Academy, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Holcomb Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 75 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People who know Holcomb Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Oregon City SD 62
- Oregon City Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,944 students
- Gardiner Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Tumwata Middle SchoolMiddle · 685 students
- John McLoughlin Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Redland Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
- Beavercreek Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
Other schools in Oregon City
- Oregon City Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,944 students
- Gardiner Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Tumwata Middle SchoolMiddle · 685 students
- John McLoughlin Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Redland Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
- Alliance Charter AcademyCombined · 419 students
Other Holcomb Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Holcomb Elementary. Holcomb Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- HOLCOMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFAYETTEVILLE, AR · 603 students
- HOLCOMB ELEM.HOLCOMB, MO · 235 students
Nearby schools
- Alliance Charter Academy0.7 mi · 419
- Tumwata Middle School1.4 mi · 685
- John Wetten Elementary School1.5 mi · 589
- Walter L Kraxberger Middle School1.7 mi · 343
- Gladstone Center for Children and Families1.8 mi · 109
- Gladstone High School1.8 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Holcomb Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Holcomb Elementary School?
Holcomb Elementary School enrolls approximately 516 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Holcomb Elementary School serve?
Holcomb Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Holcomb Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Holcomb Elementary School is approximately 21.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Holcomb Elementary School?
At Holcomb Elementary School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Holcomb Elementary School?
Holcomb Elementary School is overseen by Oregon City SD 62 in Clackamas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.