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How has John McLoughlin Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OREGON CITY SD 62·NCES 410933000122
John McLoughlin Elementary School
19230 S End Rd, Oregon City, OR 97045 · (503) 785-8650 · Clackamas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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.
- BBeats 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
23.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
317 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 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
34%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
59.4%
OR avg 43.0% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
48.1%
OR avg 31.8% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 48.1% |
| 2023-24 | 53.4% | 38.3% |
% 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 John McLoughlin Elementary School
John McLoughlin Elementary School's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John McLoughlin Elementary School this school | 585 | 54.2% | 46.1% |
| Holcomb Elementary School Oregon City | 516 | 54.5% | 34.7% |
| Millicoma School Coos Bay | 473 | 53.9% | 26.7% |
| Sisters Elementary School Sisters | 491 | 52.1% | 52.9% |
| Redland Elementary School Oregon City | 475 | 54.1% | 27.2% |
| Pine Ridge Elementary Bend | 528 | 48.3% | 59.0% |
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 John McLoughlin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #156 of 591 | #21 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #146 of 646 ▲ 106 | #22 of 66 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #129 of 646 ▲ 46 | #19 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #22 of 710 | #2 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #580 of 587 | #61 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #516 of 587 | #58 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.2% | #523 of 645 | #45 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #454 of 493 | #38 of 43 |
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
585
+64 (+12%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 585 | 25 | 23.4:1 | 54% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 25.8 | 24.1:1 | 22% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 23.9 | 25.7:1 | 17% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 23 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 24.5 | 25.2:1 | 21% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 23 | 25.1:1 | 30% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 21 | 26.4:1 | 17% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 21 | 23.9:1 | 12% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 392 | 17 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John McLoughlin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (617 to 585); teachers up 2% (24.5 to 25).
About John McLoughlin Elementary School
John McLoughlin Elementary School is a large elementary school with its address in Oregon City, Oregon. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 585 students. Against the 321-student average for elementary schools in Oregon, enrollment here is 82% higher.
Oregon City SD 62 operates 13 schools. Combined enrollment is 7,202 students.
The student body at John McLoughlin Elementary School is 81% White. Other groups make up 9% multiracial and 7% Hispanic. The county population is about 79% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1 at John McLoughlin Elementary School, with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 6.9 above the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 54%.
allk12 grades John McLoughlin Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with John McLoughlin Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Oregon is predicted to score 41.5%. John McLoughlin Elementary School scores 46.1%, 4.5 points above that line.
John McLoughlin Elementary School is located in Clackamas County, where the median household income is $103,517, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides John McLoughlin Elementary School, Clackamas County has 117 other public schools.
The closest public school to John McLoughlin Elementary School is Willamette Primary School, about 1.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, John McLoughlin Elementary School ranks 5th 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.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 64 more students in 2024-25.
Community posts for John McLoughlin Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Holcomb Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 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
- Holcomb Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Redland Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
- Alliance Charter AcademyCombined · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Willamette Primary School1.6 mi · 384
- Gardiner Middle School1.6 mi · 699
- Gaffney Lane Elementary School1.9 mi · 419
- Oregon City Service Learning Academy2.3 mi · 111
- Sunset Primary School2.3 mi · 375
- Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences2.5 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About John McLoughlin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at John McLoughlin Elementary School?
John McLoughlin Elementary School enrolls approximately 585 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does John McLoughlin Elementary School serve?
John McLoughlin Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John McLoughlin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John McLoughlin Elementary School is approximately 23.4:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at John McLoughlin Elementary School?
At John McLoughlin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is John McLoughlin Elementary School public or private?
John McLoughlin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oregon City SD 62.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.