Lewis Elementary School

Located at 4401 SE Evergreen St, in Portland, Oregon, Lewis Elementary School is a tight-knit primary school that caters to 267 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Portland SD 1J.

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

Looking at the student body, Lewis Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lewis Elementary School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Multnomah County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Lewis Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 59.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Multnomah County) reports that median household earnings sit near $88,766, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Multnomah County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), Lewis Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Woodstock Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lewis Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lewis Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Lewis Elementary School's enrollment has fell 31% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 267). White enrollment moved from 78% to 67% across the same window.

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