Patrick Lynch Elementary

Patrick Lynch Elementary is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in Portland, Oregon, overseen by Centennial SD 28J, caters to 316 students in grades K through 5.

Patrick Lynch Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Centennial SD 28J, a district that caters to 5,304 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Patrick Lynch Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 29% White, 12% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at Patrick Lynch Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Multnomah County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Patrick Lynch Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.9%, the actual is 21.6%, a residual of -3.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Multnomah County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,766 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Multnomah County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), Patrick Lynch Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Alder Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Patrick Lynch Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 17.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Patrick Lynch Elementary has ticked down 39%, going from 521 students in 2018 to 316 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 42% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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