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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Jacob Wismer Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAVERTON SD 48J·NCES 410192001445
Jacob Wismer Elementary School
5477 NW Skycrest Pkwy, Portland, OR 97229 · (503) 356-2150 · Washington County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- ABeats 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
17.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
300 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 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
73.8%
OR avg 43.0% . -7.3pp since 2023
Math
68.2%
OR avg 31.8% . -8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.8% | 68.2% |
| 2023-24 | 81.1% | 76.6% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% 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 24 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 Jacob Wismer Elementary School
Jacob Wismer Elementary School's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Wismer Elementary School this school | 592 | 50.7% | 66.5% |
| Springville Elementary School Portland | 742 | 50.4% | 65.1% |
| Findley Elementary Portland | 549 | 50.6% | 76.5% |
| Sato Elementary School Portland | 863 | 51.0% | 65.7% |
| Scouters Mountain Elementary Happy Valley | 568 | 58.6% | 56.1% |
| Bonny Slope Elementary School Portland | 602 | 50.7% | 70.3% |
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 Jacob Wismer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #30 of 591 | #7 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #34 of 646 ▼ 23 | #7 of 89 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #34 of 646 ▼ 23 | #6 of 89 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #16 of 710 | #10 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #392 of 587 | #62 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #125 of 587 | #44 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #547 of 645 | #69 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #219 of 493 | #38 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
592
-65 (-10%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 592 | 33.1 | 17.9:1 | 51% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 29.6 | 19.4:1 | 12% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 30 | 19.7:1 | 10% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 33 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 753 | 37.7 | 20.0:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 35 | 21.1:1 | 6% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | 32 | 22.7:1 | 7% (53) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jacob Wismer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (753 to 592); teachers down 12% (37.7 to 33.1).
About Jacob Wismer Elementary School
Jacob Wismer Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Portland, Oregon. The school enrolls 592 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Oregon) has about 321 students.
Jacob Wismer Elementary School is a school in Beaverton SD 48J. The district has 56 schools and 37,479 students.
Asian students account for 55% of enrollment at Jacob Wismer Elementary School. Other students are 24% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. That is higher than the 12% Asian share among all Washington County residents. Jacob Wismer Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.9 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 51% of students.
Measured against Oregon public elementary schools, Jacob Wismer Elementary School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Jacob Wismer Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon schools. It scores 66.5%; the prediction is 42.9%.
Within Washington County, 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.
The nearest other public school, Stoller Middle School, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Jacob Wismer Elementary School. Jacob Wismer Elementary School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
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.
The student count in 2024-25 was 592, 10% below the 657 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 19.9 in 2020-21 to 17.9 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Beaverton SD 48J
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Mountainside High SchoolHigh · 1,741 students
- Aloha High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- Beaverton High SchoolHigh · 1,436 students
- Southridge High SchoolHigh · 1,430 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
- Stoller Middle School0.2 mi · 1,069
- Findley Elementary0.9 mi · 549
- Sato Elementary School1.3 mi · 863
- Springville Elementary School1.5 mi · 742
- Oak Hills Elementary School1.6 mi · 484
- Terra Linda Elementary School1.9 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About Jacob Wismer Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jacob Wismer Elementary School?
Jacob Wismer Elementary School enrolls approximately 592 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jacob Wismer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jacob Wismer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Jacob Wismer Elementary School?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Jacob Wismer Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Jacob Wismer Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jacob Wismer Elementary School are roughly 24% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 55% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Jacob Wismer Elementary School in?
Jacob Wismer Elementary School is part of Beaverton SD 48J.
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