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How has Lowrie Primary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST LINN-WILSONVILLE SD 3J·NCES 411317001822
Lowrie Primary School
28995 SW Brown Rd, Wilsonville, OR 97070 · (503) 673-7700 · Clackamas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Oregon public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
16.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
207 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
60.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
52.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.2% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.8% | 54.2% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Lowrie Primary School
Lowrie Primary School's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowrie Primary School this school | 482 | 42.9% | 52.8% |
| Boeckman Creek Primary School Wilsonville | 488 | 44.1% | 45.9% |
| Ainsworth Elementary School Portland | 587 | 42.1% | 72.6% |
| Boones Ferry Primary School Wilsonville | 427 | 44.0% | 37.8% |
| R E Jewell Elementary School Bend | 421 | 48.5% | 32.6% |
| Atkinson Elementary School Portland | 372 | 41.7% | 53.5% |
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 Lowrie Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #101 of 591 | #16 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #120 of 646 ▼ 11 | #18 of 66 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #122 of 646 ▲ 28 | #17 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #85 of 710 | #10 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #269 of 587 | #27 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #128 of 587 | #11 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #587 of 645 | #56 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #264 of 493 | #22 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
482
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 482 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 43% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 24.7 | 18.6:1 | 23% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 25.4 | 18.8:1 | 21% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 18% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 33.5 | 17.6:1 | 31% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 602 | 32 | 18.8:1 | 39% (233) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowrie Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (591 to 482); teachers down 13% (33.5 to 29).
About Lowrie Primary School
Lowrie Primary School is a public large elementary school in Wilsonville, Oregon. Federal data show 482 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Oregon, the average enrollment is about 321.
Lowrie Primary School is a school in West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J. The district has 17 schools and 8,842 students.
About 53% of the student body at Lowrie Primary School is White. Other students are 28% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Clackamas County residents are about 79% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. The school has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Federal data show 43% of students (207) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Lowrie Primary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 76% of Oregon public elementary schools.
Lowrie Primary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.8% is 6.9 points above the 45.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Clackamas County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $103,517 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Lowrie Primary School, Clackamas County has 118 public schools.
Inza R Wood Middle School is about 0.7 miles from Lowrie Primary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lowrie Primary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 482, starting from 488.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Lowrie Primary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J
- West Linn High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Wilsonville High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
- Rosemont Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Boeckman Creek Primary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Trillium Creek Primary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Athey Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 470 students
Other schools in Wilsonville
- Wilsonville High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
- Boeckman Creek Primary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Inza R Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 441 students
- Boones Ferry Primary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Meridian Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 368 students
Nearby schools
- Inza R Wood Middle School0.7 mi · 441
- Boones Ferry Primary School0.8 mi · 427
- Wilsonville High School1.9 mi · 1,258
- Boeckman Creek Primary School2.0 mi · 488
- Meridian Creek Middle School2.3 mi · 368
- Tualatin High School3.4 mi · 1,687
Frequently asked questions
About Lowrie Primary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lowrie Primary School?
Lowrie Primary School enrolls approximately 482 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lowrie Primary School serve?
Lowrie Primary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lowrie Primary School have?
Lowrie Primary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Lowrie Primary School?
Student demographics at Lowrie Primary School are roughly 53% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Lowrie Primary School in?
Lowrie Primary School is part of West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.