Mount Scott Elementary School

Mount Scott Elementary School is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Happy Valley, Oregon, overseen by North Clackamas SD 12, works with 416 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% above the state mean of about 321.

Across the 31 schools in North Clackamas SD 12 (16,837 students total), Mount Scott Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mount Scott Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at Mount Scott Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Clackamas County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mount Scott Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.5%; this one delivers 42.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Clackamas County shows median household earnings sit near $103,517, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Clackamas County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), of which Mount Scott Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Clackamas Middle College, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mount Scott Elementary School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 30.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mount Scott Elementary School's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 384 (now 416). The White share of enrollment contracted from 61% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

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