Laurelhurst Elementary School

Laurelhurst Elementary School is a sizable elementary school in Portland, Oregon, part of Portland SD 1J. The school educates 660 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 106% above the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

Portland SD 1J comprises 86 schools with combined enrollment of 41,894 students; Laurelhurst Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Laurelhurst Elementary School records that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 42% of students at Laurelhurst Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Multnomah County (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Laurelhurst Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Oregon schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 46.3%; actual is 68.3%, +22.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Multnomah County shows median household earnings sit near $88,766, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Multnomah County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), of which Laurelhurst Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Grant High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Laurelhurst Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 58.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Laurelhurst Elementary School has shrank 5%, going from 698 students in 2018 to 660 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

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