James Templeton Elementary School

James Templeton Elementary School, an expansive elementary-level community in Tigard, Oregon, part of Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J, works with 543 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so James Templeton Elementary School sits 69% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J, which oversees 19 schools and 11,342 students, James Templeton Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, James Templeton Elementary School lists that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 34% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander, 5% Black. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, James Templeton Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, James Templeton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.0%; this one delivers 35.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), James Templeton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Twality Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around James Templeton Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts James Templeton Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at James Templeton Elementary School has fell 11%, going from 610 students in 2018 to 543 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 59% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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