Jacob Wismer Elementary School

Set in Portland, Oregon, Jacob Wismer Elementary School is a big elementary campus, run under Beaverton SD 48J. It educates 592 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 84% above the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Beaverton SD 48J runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 37,479 students. Jacob Wismer Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Jacob Wismer Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Asian, at 55% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 24% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Jacob Wismer Elementary School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at Jacob Wismer Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Jacob Wismer Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Oregon schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.9%; actual is 66.5%, +23.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Washington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washington County runs 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), of which Jacob Wismer Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Stoller Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jacob Wismer Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Jacob Wismer Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 65.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Jacob Wismer Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 753 (now 592). Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 64% to 55%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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