Kelly Elementary School

Set in Portland, Oregon, Kelly Elementary School is a mid-tier K-5 school, run under Portland SD 1J. It caters to 385 students across grades K through 5.

Kelly Elementary School is one of 86 schools operated by Portland SD 1J, a district that teaches 41,894 students overall.

Demographically, Kelly Elementary School records that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 125% of students at Kelly Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Multnomah County put median household earnings sit near $88,766, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Multnomah County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), Kelly Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Woodmere Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kelly Elementary School has fell 28%, going from 532 students in 2018 to 385 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 58% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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