Metzger Elementary School

Metzger Elementary School is one of the high-enrollment elementary schools in Tigard, Oregon, run under Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J, with 566 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 76% above typical.

Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 11,342 students; Metzger Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Metzger Elementary School logs that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 39% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, 3% Asian. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Metzger Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 38.3%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), Metzger Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Thomas R Fowler Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Metzger Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.7%.

Metzger Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Metzger Elementary School has fell 15%, going from 665 students in 2018 to 566 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 48% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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