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Best kept secret at Parklane Elementary School?
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Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTENNIAL SD 28J·NCES 410280001016
Parklane Elementary School
15811 SE Main St, Portland, OR 97233 · (503) 762-3205 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Oregon public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
397 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
22.3%
OR avg 43.0% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
19.1%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.3% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 24.6% | 18.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 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 Parklane Elementary School
Parklane Elementary School's state test result (17.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parklane Elementary School this school | 397 | 100.0% | 17.5% |
| Patrick Lynch Elementary Portland | 316 | 97.2% | 21.6% |
| Powell Butte Elementary School Portland | 392 | 98.2% | 14.5% |
| Alder Elementary School Portland | 340 | 98.8% | 7.1% |
| Scott Elementary School Portland | 493 | 98.4% | 34.6% |
| Woodmere Elementary School Portland | 241 | 98.3% | 21.8% |
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 Parklane Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #537 of 591 | #68 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #538 of 646 ▲ 8 | #82 of 109 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #576 of 646 ▼ 12 | #97 of 109 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #208 of 710 | #32 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #377 of 587 | #66 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #32 of 587 | #26 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #75 of 645 | #39 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #62 of 88 | #8 of 13 |
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
397
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 397 | 22.4 | 17.7:1 | 100% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 24.4 | 17.9:1 | 69% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 23.9 | 18.3:1 | 69% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 21 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 22.4 | 17.0:1 | 86% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 23 | 16.8:1 | 85% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 21 | 19.1:1 | 72% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 606 | 29 | 20.9:1 | 42% (252) |
| 1990-91 | 554 | 28 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parklane Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (380 to 397); teachers unchanged (22.4 to 22.4).
About Parklane Elementary School
Students in Portland, Oregon, attend Parklane Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 397 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. It has 24% more students than the average for elementary schools in Oregon (about 321).
Enrollment across the 9 schools in Centennial SD 28J totals 5,304 students.
Hispanic students account for 42% of enrollment at Parklane Elementary School, more than any other group. The remaining students are 25% White, 12% Asian, 10% Black, and 9% multiracial. Among people living in Multnomah County, the Hispanic share is about 14%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Parklane Elementary School scores 73%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parklane Elementary School is 17.7:1, based on 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Multnomah County, the average is 75%.
On the allk12 Grade, Parklane Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 14% of Oregon public elementary schools.
Parklane Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 17.5%, compared with a predicted 23.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Multnomah County show that median household income comes to about $88,766, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Multnomah County counts 169 public schools with about 81,096 students.
Oliver Middle is less than a tenth of a mile from Parklane Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Parklane Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 393 in 2020-21 to 397 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.7:1 to 17.7:1.
People who know Parklane Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Centennial SD 28J
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Butler Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Oliver MiddleMiddle · 435 students
- Powell Butte Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Other Parklane Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Parklane Elementary. Parklane Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Parklane ElementaryStockton, CA · 437 students
- Parklane Elementary SchoolEast Point, GA · 351 students
Nearby schools
- Oliver Middle0.1 mi · 435
- Patrick Lynch Elementary0.6 mi · 316
- Alder Elementary School0.7 mi · 340
- HOLLA School0.7 mi · 98
- Glenfair Elementary School0.8 mi · 489
- Walden Crossing School1.1 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About Parklane Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Parklane Elementary School?
Parklane Elementary School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades KG-05.
Is Parklane Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Parklane Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Parklane Elementary School have?
Parklane Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parklane Elementary School?
At Parklane Elementary School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 42% Hispanic, 10% Black, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Parklane Elementary School public or private?
Parklane Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Centennial SD 28J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.