Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REYNOLDS SD 7·NCES 411052001001
Margaret Scott Elementary School
14700 NE Sacramento St, Portland, OR 97230 · (503) 491-2721 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
363 students
DISTRICT 102% · 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 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
Student demographics
81%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 59%
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
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
16.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -7.9pp since 2023
Math
14.6%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.6% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 16.5% |
% 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
16.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 →
Where Margaret Scott Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #544 of 591 | #69 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #596 of 646 | #95 of 109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #622 of 646 | #105 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #291 of 710 | #49 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #141 of 587 | #38 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 81.2% | #2 of 587 | #2 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #321 of 493 | #71 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
361
-65 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 18.7:1
% White
18%
was 21%
% Hispanic
26%
was 24%
% Black
23%
was 22%
% Asian
11%
was 15%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 361 | 23.7 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 23.5 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 23.1 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 22.8 | 18.7:1 | 76% (325) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Margaret Scott Elementary School.
About Margaret Scott Elementary School
Federal records list Margaret Scott Elementary School as an elementary school in Portland, Oregon. Its enrollment is 361 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
The district, Reynolds SD 7, has 9,631 students enrolled across 20 schools.
The biggest share of students at Margaret Scott Elementary School, 26%, is Hispanic. Next come 23% Black, 18% White, 11% Asian, and 10% multiracial. That compares with about 14% Hispanic among all Multnomah County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 81%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Margaret Scott Elementary School is 15.2:1, based on 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher.
Margaret Scott Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 16.9% is 6.7 points below the 23.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Multnomah County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $88,766, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 169, with about 81,096 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Margaret Scott Elementary School from the closest public school, Wheatley School. The five-mile area around Margaret Scott Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Margaret Scott Elementary School ranks 2nd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 16.9% against a local average of 13.8%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school shrank from 426 students in 2017-18 to 361 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.2:1) than in 2017-18 (18.7:1).
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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 Reynolds SD 7
- Reynolds High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
- Hauton B Lee Middle SchoolMiddle · 718 students
- Multnomah Learning AcademyElementary · 550 students
- Walt Morey Middle SchoolMiddle · 519 students
- Glenfair Elementary SchoolElementary · 489 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
Nearby schools
- Wheatley School0.3 mi · 44
- Glenfair Elementary School1.0 mi · 489
- Russell Elementary1.0 mi · 309
- Shaver Elementary School1.1 mi · 266
- Walden Crossing School1.1 mi · 4
- Wilkes Elementary School1.1 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Margaret Scott Elementary SchoolHow large is Margaret Scott Elementary School?
Margaret Scott Elementary School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Margaret Scott Elementary School serve?
Margaret Scott Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Margaret Scott Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Margaret Scott Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Margaret Scott Elementary School?
At Margaret Scott Elementary School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 26% Hispanic, 23% Black, 11% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Margaret Scott Elementary School?
Margaret Scott Elementary School is overseen by Reynolds SD 7 in Multnomah County.
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