Multi-sensory Instruction Teaching Children Hands-On (MITCH)

Set in Tualatin, Oregon, Multi-sensory Instruction Teaching Children Hands-On (MITCH) is a small primary school, part of Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J. It hosts 237 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 321.

Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 11,342 students; Multi-sensory Instruction Teaching Children Hands-On (MITCH) is among them.

On the student-mix side, Multi-sensory Instruction Teaching Children Hands-On (MITCH) shows that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 19% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Washington County) logs that median household income runs about $107,772, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Multi-sensory Instruction Teaching Children Hands-On (MITCH) is one of 136 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students).

Tualatin Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Multi-sensory Instruction Teaching Children Hands-On (MITCH).

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. Multi-sensory Instruction Teaching Children Hands-On (MITCH) is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 246 students in 2018 compared to 237 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 60% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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