Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH CLACKAMAS SD 12·NCES 410883000085
Lewelling Elementary School
5325 SE Logus Rd, Milwaukie, OR 97222 · (503) 353-5440 · Clackamas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Oregon public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
170 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
62%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
34.9%
OR avg 43.0% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
20.7%
OR avg 31.8% . -5.2pp since 2023
What 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 are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 20.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 25.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
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 Lewelling Elementary School
Lewelling Elementary School's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewelling Elementary School this school | 282 | 60.3% | 24.7% |
| Linwood Elementary School Milwaukie | 259 | 58.7% | 24.2% |
| McCornack Elementary School Eugene | 299 | 63.5% | 27.1% |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary School Eugene | 356 | 63.8% | 19.9% |
| Bilquist Elementary School Milwaukie | 373 | 58.4% | 22.1% |
| Verne A Duncan Elementary School Happy Valley | 400 | 58.0% | 39.0% |
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 Lewelling Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #450 of 591 | #57 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #515 of 646 ▼ 68 | #59 of 66 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #430 of 646 ▲ 94 | #59 of 66 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #443 of 710 | #51 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #391 of 587 | #38 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #133 of 587 | #12 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #476 of 645 | #18 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #222 of 493 | #21 of 43 |
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
282
+10 (+4%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 282 | 15.8 | 17.9:1 | 60% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 15.9 | 18.2:1 | 72% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 298 | 16.4 | 18.2:1 | 73% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 16 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 19 | 18.9:1 | 63% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 341 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 63% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | 16 | 23.2:1 | 74% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 20 | 20.9:1 | 43% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 22 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewelling Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (358 to 282); teachers down 17% (19 to 15.8).
About Lewelling Elementary School
This page covers Lewelling Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Milwaukie, Oregon. The school's enrollment of 282 students covers kindergarten through 5.
North Clackamas SD 12 runs Lewelling Elementary School along with 30 other schools, enrolling 16,837 students in total.
White students account for 54% of enrollment at Lewelling Elementary School. Other students are 29% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 79% White share among all Clackamas County residents. Lewelling Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Lewelling Elementary School operates with 15.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. About 60% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in Clackamas County averages 50%, lower than here.
Lewelling Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 17% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 39.2% at Lewelling Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.7%.
Clackamas County has about 423,975 residents, and median household income is about $103,517, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Clackamas County number 118 and enroll about 57,601.
The shortest distance from Lewelling Elementary School to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Cascade Heights Public Charter School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lewelling Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
Lewelling Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 282 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 272.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Lewelling Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Clackamas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
423,975
Census ACS
Median income
$103,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
57,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Clackamas SD 12
- Adrienne C. Nelson High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Clackamas High SchoolHigh · 1,280 students
- Happy Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,158 students
- Putnam High SchoolHigh · 1,060 students
- Rock Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Milwaukie High SchoolHigh · 874 students
Other schools in Milwaukie
- Putnam High SchoolHigh · 1,060 students
- Milwaukie High SchoolHigh · 874 students
- Alder Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Rowe Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
- Whitcomb Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Milwaukie El Puente Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
Nearby schools
- Cascade Heights Public Charter School0.8 mi · 228
- Ardenwald Elementary School0.9 mi · 396
- Sojourner School1.1 mi · 159
- Linwood Elementary School1.1 mi · 259
- Whitcomb Elementary School1.2 mi · 415
- Lane Middle School1.4 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About Lewelling Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lewelling Elementary School?
Lewelling Elementary School enrolls approximately 282 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lewelling Elementary School serve?
Lewelling Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lewelling Elementary School?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Lewelling Elementary School.
How diverse is Lewelling Elementary School?
Lewelling Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 29% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Lewelling Elementary School in?
Lewelling Elementary School is part of North Clackamas SD 12.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.