Peninsula Elementary School

Peninsula Elementary School is one of the modestly sized elementary schools in Portland, Oregon, one of the schools within Portland SD 1J, with 235 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 321.

Within Portland SD 1J, which oversees 86 schools and 41,894 students, Peninsula Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Peninsula Elementary School lists that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 14% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at school resources, Peninsula Elementary School shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Multnomah County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Peninsula Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.4%, the actual is 40.4%, a residual of -6.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Multnomah County put median household earnings sit near $88,766, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Peninsula Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rosa Parks Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Peninsula Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.9%.

Peninsula Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 279 students in 2018 compared to 235 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.