Enrollment
316
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTENNIAL SD 28J·NCES 410280001017
Patrick Lynch Elementary
1546 SE 169th Pl, Portland, OR 97233 · (503) 762-3203 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
307 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
76%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
22.7%
OR avg 43.0% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
18.8%
OR avg 31.8% . -8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 23 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 are down about 9 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.7% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 27.6% |
% 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
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Patrick Lynch Elementary
Patrick Lynch Elementary's state test result (21.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Lynch Elementary this school | 316 | 97.2% | 21.6% |
| Parklane Elementary School Portland | 397 | 100.0% | 17.5% |
| Woodmere Elementary School Portland | 241 | 98.3% | 21.8% |
| 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% |
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 Patrick Lynch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #493 of 591 | #58 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #542 of 646 ▼ 128 | #84 of 109 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #573 of 646 ▼ 19 | #96 of 109 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #378 of 710 | #65 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #109 of 587 | #27 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.7% | #16 of 587 | #14 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #102 of 645 | #50 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.3% | #22 of 493 | #8 of 89 |
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
316
-146 (-32%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 316 | 21.5 | 14.7:1 | 97% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 19.8 | 17.3:1 | 68% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 19.8 | 17.0:1 | 71% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 23 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 27.9 | 18.7:1 | 77% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 26 | 20.3:1 | 87% (460) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 22 | 20.9:1 | 78% (360) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 24 | 22.4:1 | 37% (201) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 24 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patrick Lynch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (521 to 316); teachers down 23% (27.9 to 21.5).
About Patrick Lynch Elementary
Patrick Lynch Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Portland, Oregon. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 316 students.
Centennial SD 28J, which runs Patrick Lynch Elementary, has 9 schools and 5,304 students.
Patrick Lynch Elementary has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 35%. Other reported shares: 29% White, 12% Black, 12% Asian, and 6% Pacific Islander. That compares with about 14% Hispanic among all Multnomah County residents. The school's diversity index is 76%, meaning two students picked at random have a 76% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.7 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 97%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Multnomah County is 75%.
Patrick Lynch Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 21.6%, compared with a predicted 24.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Multnomah County this way: the median household income is $88,766, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Multnomah County has 169 public schools and roughly 81,096 students.
Alder Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Patrick Lynch Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Patrick Lynch Elementary at 3rd of 9.
For locale, NCES codes Patrick Lynch Elementary as City: Large.
Enrollment at Patrick Lynch Elementary dropped 32% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 462 to 316 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Patrick Lynch Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Parklane Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Powell Butte Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 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
Nearby schools
- Alder Elementary School0.4 mi · 340
- Parklane Elementary School0.6 mi · 397
- Oliver Middle0.6 mi · 435
- Rockwood Preparatory Academy0.7 mi · 397
- Centennial Middle School0.8 mi · 876
- Meadows Elementary0.9 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About Patrick Lynch ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Patrick Lynch Elementary?
Patrick Lynch Elementary enrolls approximately 316 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Patrick Lynch Elementary serve?
Patrick Lynch Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Patrick Lynch Elementary?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Patrick Lynch Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Patrick Lynch Elementary?
Student demographics at Patrick Lynch Elementary are roughly 29% White, 35% Hispanic, 12% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Patrick Lynch Elementary public or private?
Patrick Lynch Elementary 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.