Kelly Creek Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 33.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 28% 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%.
Schools most like Kelly Creek Elementary School
Kelly Creek Elementary School's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Creek Elementary School this school | 368 | 81.8% | 28.4% |
| Powell Valley Elementary School Gresham | 368 | 82.6% | 21.5% |
| East Orient Elementary School Gresham | 382 | 82.5% | 41.2% |
| Harvey Clarke Elementary School Forest Grove | 390 | 80.0% | 37.5% |
| Morningside Elementary School Salem | 311 | 87.5% | 47.9% |
| Kennedy Elementary School Medford | 393 | 87.0% | 27.0% |
Where Kelly Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #391 of 591 | #49 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #508 of 646 ▼ 204 | #75 of 109 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #436 of 646 ▼ 10 | #67 of 109 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #269 of 710 | #43 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #567 of 587 | #97 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #114 of 587 | #57 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #261 of 645 | #58 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.3% | #54 of 493 | #17 of 89 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 368 | 17 | 21.6:1 | 82% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 18.8 | 19.1:1 | 72% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 75% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 19 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 24.1 | 22.9:1 | 65% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 23 | 23.3:1 | 65% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 23 | 23.8:1 | 45% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 21 | 25.1:1 | 17% (91) |
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (552 to 368); teachers down 30% (24.1 to 17).
About Kelly Creek Elementary School
Kelly Creek Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Gresham, Oregon. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 368 students.
Kelly Creek Elementary School is a school in Gresham-Barlow SD 10J. The district has 20 schools and 11,345 students.
White students are 53% of those enrolled at Kelly Creek Elementary School. The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Multnomah County's population at about 68%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
Its ratio of 21.6:1 is based on 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 82% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Kelly Creek Elementary School, the prediction is 30.8% and the result is 28.4%.
For the population of Multnomah County, the median household earns about $88,766 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Kelly Creek Elementary School shares Multnomah County with 168 other public schools.
Kelly Creek Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Powell Valley Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Kelly Creek Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Kelly Creek Elementary School is ahead of the 26.4% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
Kelly Creek Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment decreased 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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