Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST GROVE SD 15·NCES 410516001187
Joseph Gale Elementary School
3130 18th Ave, Forest Grove, OR 97116 · (503) 359-2482 · Washington County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
317 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 15% larger than its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Forest Grove SD 15. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
19.7%
OR avg 43.0% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
25.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.7% | 25.8% |
| 2023-24 | 16.4% | 21.1% |
% 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
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Joseph Gale Elementary School
Joseph Gale Elementary School's state test result (20.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Gale Elementary School this school | 388 | 81.7% | 20.8% |
| Hugh Hartman Elementary Redmond | 376 | 81.9% | 30.4% |
| South Shore Elementary School Albany | 356 | 80.3% | 23.8% |
| North Marion Intermediate School Aurora | 345 | 86.7% | 25.6% |
| Jackson Elementary School Medford | 321 | 87.5% | 15.4% |
| Weddle Elementary School Keizer | 352 | 88.6% | 10.8% |
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 Joseph Gale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #504 of 591 | #74 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #442 of 646 ▲ 67 | #70 of 89 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #597 of 646 ▲ 26 | #81 of 89 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #227 of 710 | #44 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #93 of 587 | #12 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #318 of 587 | #71 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.7% | #263 of 645 | #3 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #212 of 493 | #36 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
388
-23 (-6%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 384
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 388 | 26.8 | 14.5:1 | 82% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 22.4 | 17.5:1 | 63% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 26.1 | 14.4:1 | 87% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 25 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 24.8 | 20.0:1 | 68% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 24 | 20.4:1 | 68% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 264 | 13 | 20.3:1 | 77% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 20 | 19.6:1 | 54% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 384 | 16 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph Gale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (496 to 388); teachers up 8% (24.8 to 26.8).
About Joseph Gale Elementary School
Joseph Gale Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Forest Grove, Oregon. Federal data show 388 students enrolled in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students, which makes this school 21% above average.
The district, Forest Grove SD 15, has 5,692 students enrolled across 11 schools.
About 63% of the student body at Joseph Gale Elementary School is Hispanic. Other groups make up 33% White. County-wide, 19% of Washington County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Joseph Gale Elementary School are from different groups.
Joseph Gale Elementary School has 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.5:1. Elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1, 2.0 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 82% at Joseph Gale Elementary School. That rate is above the 57% average among public schools in Washington County.
Joseph Gale Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.8%, compared with a predicted 30.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Washington County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $107,772, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Joseph Gale Elementary School, Washington County has 136 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Joseph Gale Elementary School is closest to Community Alternative Learning Center, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Joseph Gale Elementary School is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
From 411 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 388 by 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 16.4 in 2020-21 to 14.5 in 2024-25.
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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 Forest Grove SD 15
- Forest Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- Neil Armstrong Middle SchoolMiddle · 838 students
- Tom McCall Upper ElementaryMiddle · 673 students
- Harvey Clarke Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Echo Shaw Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Cornelius Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
Other schools in Forest Grove
- Forest Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,849 students
- Neil Armstrong Middle SchoolMiddle · 838 students
- Tom McCall Upper ElementaryMiddle · 673 students
- Harvey Clarke Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Fern Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 249 students
- Forest Grove Community SchoolElementary · 202 students
Nearby schools
- Community Alternative Learning Center0.6 mi · 141
- Neil Armstrong Middle School0.9 mi · 838
- Fern Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 249
- Forest Grove Community School1.0 mi · 202
- Harvey Clarke Elementary School1.4 mi · 390
- Echo Shaw Elementary School1.5 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph Gale Elementary SchoolHow large is Joseph Gale Elementary School?
Joseph Gale Elementary School enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Joseph Gale Elementary School serve?
Joseph Gale Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Joseph Gale Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Joseph Gale Elementary School is approximately 14.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Joseph Gale Elementary School?
Joseph Gale Elementary School reports a student body of 33% White, 63% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Joseph Gale Elementary School in?
Joseph Gale Elementary School is part of Forest Grove SD 15.
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