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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAVERTON SD 48J·NCES 410192000210
Nancy Ryles Elementary School
10250 SW Cormorant Dr, Beaverton, OR 97007 · (503) 356-2400 · Washington County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
311 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
58.7%
OR avg 43.0% . -8.3pp since 2023
Math
46.1%
OR avg 31.8% . -11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 12 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 46.1% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 58.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 Nancy Ryles Elementary School
Nancy Ryles Elementary School's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Ryles Elementary School this school | 447 | 69.6% | 53.8% |
| Hiteon Elementary School Beaverton | 486 | 68.3% | 53.6% |
| Imlay Elementary School Hillsboro | 409 | 71.4% | 43.4% |
| Errol Hassell Elementary School Beaverton | 334 | 69.8% | 40.9% |
| Indian Hills Elementary School Aloha | 372 | 70.2% | 43.9% |
| Lenox Elementary School Portland | 363 | 68.9% | 46.2% |
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 Nancy Ryles Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #96 of 591 | #24 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #159 of 646 ▼ 76 | #35 of 89 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #134 of 646 ▼ 64 | #31 of 89 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #129 of 710 | #26 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #522 of 587 | #83 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #95 of 587 | #35 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #385 of 645 | #32 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #200 of 493 | #31 of 70 |
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
447
-71 (-14%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 447 | 22.6 | 19.8:1 | 70% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 24.7 | 18.7:1 | 35% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 32% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 28 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 29.1 | 19.7:1 | 19% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 28 | 20.3:1 | 18% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 26 | 22.1:1 | 26% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 586 | N/A | N/A | 14% (84) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nancy Ryles Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (574 to 447); teachers down 23% (29.1 to 22.6).
About Nancy Ryles Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in Beaverton, Oregon, Nancy Ryles Elementary School is part of Beaverton SD 48J. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 447 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Oregon enroll about 321 students on average.
Nancy Ryles Elementary School is one school in a 56-school district, Beaverton SD 48J, which enrolls 37,479 students.
White students are 53% of those enrolled at Nancy Ryles Elementary School. Other reported shares: 19% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 7% Black. That compares with about 64% White among all Washington County residents. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Nancy Ryles Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.8:1. The school has 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1. In all, 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 13 points above the 57% average for public schools in Washington County.
Nancy Ryles Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 53.8%. Predicted: 35.6%. Difference: 18.3 points.
The school's county is Washington County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $107,772, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 136 public schools in the county, enrolling about 79,469, Nancy Ryles Elementary School among them.
A public school about 1.0 miles away, Scholls Heights Elementary School, is the closest to Nancy Ryles Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 47.0%, lower than Nancy Ryles Elementary School's 53.8%.
Locale data from NCES put Nancy Ryles Elementary School inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
Enrollment was 447 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 518. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.5:1 in 2020-21, and 19.8:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Nancy Ryles Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
603,947
Census ACS
Median income
$107,772
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
136
79,469 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Beaverton SD 48J
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Mountainside High SchoolHigh · 1,741 students
- Aloha High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- Beaverton High SchoolHigh · 1,436 students
- Southridge High SchoolHigh · 1,430 students
Other schools in Beaverton
- Mountainside High SchoolHigh · 1,741 students
- Aloha High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- Beaverton High SchoolHigh · 1,436 students
- Southridge High SchoolHigh · 1,430 students
- Aloha-Huber Park SchoolElementary · 901 students
- International School of BeavertonHigh · 870 students
Nearby schools
- Scholls Heights Elementary School1.0 mi · 597
- Sexton Mountain Elementary School1.0 mi · 431
- Hiteon Elementary School1.3 mi · 486
- Mountainside High School1.4 mi · 1,741
- Cooper Mountain Elementary School1.4 mi · 384
- Errol Hassell Elementary School1.7 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Nancy Ryles Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nancy Ryles Elementary School?
Nancy Ryles Elementary School enrolls approximately 447 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Nancy Ryles Elementary School serve?
Nancy Ryles Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Nancy Ryles Elementary School have?
Nancy Ryles Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Nancy Ryles Elementary School?
Student demographics at Nancy Ryles Elementary School are roughly 53% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 9% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Nancy Ryles Elementary School?
Nancy Ryles Elementary School is overseen by Beaverton SD 48J in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.