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Alumni: what's one memory from Imlay Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBORO SD 1J·NCES 410002304174
Imlay Elementary School
5900 SE Lois St, Hillsboro, OR 97123 · (503) 844-1090 · Washington County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
292 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 27% smaller than its 6th grade class (64).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
54.1%
OR avg 43.0% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
46.1%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.1% | 46.1% |
| 2023-24 | 49.3% | 42.8% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Imlay Elementary School
Imlay Elementary School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imlay Elementary School this school | 409 | 71.4% | 43.4% |
| Indian Hills Elementary School Aloha | 372 | 70.2% | 43.9% |
| Lenox Elementary School Portland | 363 | 68.9% | 46.2% |
| Errol Hassell Elementary School Beaverton | 334 | 69.8% | 40.9% |
| Orenco Elementary School Hillsboro | 450 | 69.1% | 37.6% |
| Ladd Acres Elementary School Hillsboro | 369 | 70.7% | 52.8% |
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 Imlay Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #184 of 591 | #39 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #158 of 646 ▲ 43 | #34 of 89 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #167 of 646 ▲ 44 | #33 of 89 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #186 of 710 | #36 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #262 of 587 | #35 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #44 of 587 | #11 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #358 of 645 | #20 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #188 of 493 | #29 of 70 |
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
409
-58 (-12%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 409 | 24.7 | 16.6:1 | 71% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 24.9 | 18.7:1 | 43% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 25.7 | 18.2:1 | 35% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 23 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 26.4 | 20.1:1 | 28% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 22 | 24.2:1 | 29% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 26 | 22.7:1 | 23% (137) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Imlay Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (530 to 409); teachers down 7% (26.4 to 24.7).
About Imlay Elementary School
Imlay Elementary School is a public elementary school in Hillsboro, Oregon. The school serves 409 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Oregon is roughly 321 students; this school is 27% bigger than that.
Hillsboro SD 1J operates 37 schools. Combined enrollment is 18,465 students.
Imlay Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 43%. It is also 28% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 5% Black. Washington County's residents are about 64% White, 20 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, Imlay Elementary School comes in at 70%.
Teachers at the school number 24.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.6:1. Elementary schools in Oregon have a similar average ratio of 16.5:1. Roughly 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Washington County report 57%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Imlay Elementary School would score about 34.9%. It scores 43.4%, 8.6 points above that figure.
Washington County has about 603,947 residents, and median household income is about $107,772, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 136 public schools in Washington County, with a combined enrollment of about 79,469.
Of nearby public schools, Century High School is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 43.4% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place Imlay Elementary School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 467 to 409. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.6:1) than in 2020-21 (20.3:1).
The Imlay Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
603,947
Census ACS
Median income
$107,772
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
136
79,469 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hillsboro SD 1J
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,563 students
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · 1,492 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,459 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolMiddle · 728 students
- J W Poynter Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
Other schools in Hillsboro
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,563 students
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · 1,492 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,459 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Beaverton Academy of Science and EngineeringHigh · 852 students
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolMiddle · 728 students
Other Imlay Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Imlay Elementary. Imlay Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Imlay Elementary SchoolImlay, NV · 16 students
Nearby schools
- Century High School0.6 mi · 1,563
- R A Brown Middle School0.9 mi · 653
- City View Charter School0.9 mi · 409
- Brookwood Elementary School1.0 mi · 331
- Ladd Acres Elementary School1.1 mi · 369
- Indian Hills Elementary School1.3 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Imlay Elementary SchoolHow large is Imlay Elementary School?
Imlay Elementary School enrolls approximately 409 students in grades KG-06.
Is Imlay Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Imlay Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Imlay Elementary School have?
Imlay Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Imlay Elementary School?
At Imlay Elementary School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 28% Hispanic, 5% Black, 10% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Imlay Elementary School in?
Imlay Elementary School is part of Hillsboro SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.