Kairos PDX

Set in Portland, Oregon, Kairos PDX is a modestly sized elementary-level community, part of Portland SD 1J. It hosts 226 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 321.

Kairos PDX is one of 86 schools operated by Portland SD 1J, a district that instructs 41,894 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Kairos PDX shows that 61% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest comes out to 19% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 6% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Multnomah County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kairos PDX tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Multnomah County put median household earnings sit near $88,766, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kairos PDX is one of 169 public schools in Multnomah County (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students).

Boise-Eliot Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kairos PDX. On composite proficiency, Kairos PDX comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, Kairos PDX runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 78%: 127 students in 2018 compared to 226 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 28% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.