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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Paul L Patterson Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBORO SD 1J·NCES 410002301500
Paul L Patterson Elementary School
261 NE Lenox St, Hillsboro, OR 97124 · (503) 844-1380 · Washington County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
247 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 15% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
64.7%
OR avg 43.0% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
50.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.7% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 55.4% |
% 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 20 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 →
Where Paul L Patterson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #90 of 591 | #22 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #129 of 646 | #31 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #90 of 646 | #23 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #310 of 710 | #58 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #373 of 587 | #57 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #144 of 587 | #49 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #373 of 645 | #27 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #161 of 493 | #25 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
351
-25 (-7%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 351 | 19.9 | 17.7:1 | 70% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 19.4 | 19.7:1 | 33% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 19.4 | 20.8:1 | 29% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 18 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 21.4 | 21.6:1 | 23% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 20 | 23.1:1 | 24% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | 24 | 22.6:1 | 30% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 25 | 21.6:1 | 23% (124) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paul L Patterson Elementary School.
About Paul L Patterson Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in Hillsboro, Oregon, Paul L Patterson Elementary School is part of Hillsboro SD 1J. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 351 students.
Hillsboro SD 1J has 18,465 students spread across 37 schools.
White students account for 57% of enrollment at Paul L Patterson Elementary School. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 2% Black. By the diversity index, Paul L Patterson Elementary School comes in at 60%.
Teachers at the school number 19.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.7:1. The 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Washington County average 57%.
Compared with Oregon schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Paul L Patterson Elementary School does better than predicted by 19.6 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.9%; the prediction is 35.3%.
Washington County has these Census figures: median household income is about $107,772, roughly 48% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Washington County number 136 and enroll about 79,469.
Glencoe High School is the public school closest to Paul L Patterson Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Paul L Patterson Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Paul L Patterson Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Paul L Patterson Elementary School saw enrollment fall 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 20.9:1 to 17.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Hillsboro SD 1J
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,563 students
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · 1,492 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,459 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolMiddle · 728 students
- J W Poynter Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
Other schools in Hillsboro
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,563 students
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · 1,492 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,459 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Beaverton Academy of Science and EngineeringHigh · 852 students
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolMiddle · 728 students
Nearby schools
- Glencoe High School0.3 mi · 1,492
- Evergreen Jr High School0.4 mi · 728
- Jackson Elementary School0.6 mi · 382
- W Verne McKinney Elementary School1.1 mi · 395
- Mooberry Elementary School1.3 mi · 360
- Hillsboro Online Academy1.3 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Paul L Patterson Elementary SchoolHow large is Paul L Patterson Elementary School?
Paul L Patterson Elementary School enrolls approximately 351 students in grades KG-06.
Is Paul L Patterson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paul L Patterson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Paul L Patterson Elementary School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Paul L Patterson Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Paul L Patterson Elementary School?
At Paul L Patterson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 24% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Paul L Patterson Elementary School in?
Paul L Patterson Elementary School is part of Hillsboro SD 1J.
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