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Enrollment
660
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000913
Laurelhurst Elementary School
840 NE 41st Ave, Portland, OR 97232 · (503) 916-6210 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
276 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 82 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (82).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
79.3%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
68.7%
OR avg 31.8% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.3% | 68.7% |
| 2023-24 | 77.9% | 71.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 Laurelhurst Elementary School
Laurelhurst Elementary School's state test result (68.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurelhurst Elementary School this school | 660 | 41.8% | 68.3% |
| Beverly Cleary School Portland | 535 | 41.7% | 67.0% |
| Alameda Elementary School Portland | 498 | 41.8% | 72.2% |
| Sunnyside Environmental School Portland | 461 | 41.6% | 51.5% |
| Bridger Creative Science School Portland | 474 | 42.2% | 44.3% |
| Bridlemile Elementary School Portland | 418 | 41.9% | 70.3% |
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 Laurelhurst Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #22 of 591 | #11 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #32 of 646 ▼ 3 | #16 of 109 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #12 of 646 ▲ 11 | #8 of 109 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #10 of 710 | #1 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #505 of 587 | #88 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #432 of 587 | #94 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.8% | #602 of 645 | #79 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #450 of 493 | #85 of 89 |
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
660
-27 (-4%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 660 | 33.8 | 19.5:1 | 42% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 32.6 | 20.2:1 | 10% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 674 | 30.6 | 22.0:1 | 8% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 687 | 35 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 32.8 | 21.3:1 | 10% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 32 | 21.9:1 | 9% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 704 | 31 | 22.7:1 | 13% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 526 | 24 | 21.9:1 | 14% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 577 | 26 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laurelhurst Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (698 to 660); teachers up 3% (32.8 to 33.8).
About Laurelhurst Elementary School
Laurelhurst Elementary School is a large elementary school in Portland, Oregon. A federal count lists 660 students at the school, in kindergarten through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Oregon) has about 321 students.
Portland SD 1J oversees Laurelhurst Elementary School and 85 other schools, with 41,894 students in total.
At Laurelhurst Elementary School, White students make up 74% of the student body. After that, the student body is 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.5 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 42%. The average for public schools in Multnomah County is 75%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 68.3%, is 22.0 points above the 46.3% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Oregon schools.
Multnomah County census figures show that the median household income is $88,766, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Multnomah County is home to 169 public schools and about 81,096 public school students.
Nearest public school: Grant High School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Laurelhurst Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 660, a 4% decrease from 687 in 2020-21.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portland SD 1J
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Other Laurelhurst Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Laurelhurst Elementary. Laurelhurst Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Laurelhurst Elementary SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Grant High School0.8 mi · 2,149
- Beverly Cleary School0.8 mi · 535
- Glencoe Elementary School0.9 mi · 357
- Mt Tabor Middle School0.9 mi · 466
- Rose City Park1.0 mi · 448
- da Vinci Middle School1.0 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Laurelhurst Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Laurelhurst Elementary School?
Laurelhurst Elementary School enrolls approximately 660 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Laurelhurst Elementary School serve?
Laurelhurst Elementary School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Laurelhurst Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Laurelhurst Elementary School is approximately 19.5:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Laurelhurst Elementary School?
Student demographics at Laurelhurst Elementary School are roughly 74% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Laurelhurst Elementary School public or private?
Laurelhurst Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Portland SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.