North Gresham Elementary School

North Gresham Elementary School, a sprawling primary school in Gresham, Oregon, run under Gresham-Barlow SD 10J, works with 584 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 82% bigger than the state mean of about 321.

Across the 20 schools in Gresham-Barlow SD 10J (11,345 students total), North Gresham Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, North Gresham Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 25% White, 12% multiracial, 10% Black, 5% Asian. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Multnomah County's rate of about 75%.

After controlling for student poverty, North Gresham Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.3%; this one delivers 17.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Multnomah County indicate median household income runs about $88,766, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Multnomah County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), of which North Gresham Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Clear Creek Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, North Gresham Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 22.0%.

North Gresham Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Gresham Elementary School's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 554 (now 584). Over the same period, the White share fell from 45% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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