Enrollment
235
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000926
Peninsula Elementary School
8125 N Emerald Ave, Portland, OR 97217 · (503) 916-6275 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Oregon public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
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
13.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
98 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
50.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -6.2pp since 2023
Math
36.4%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 36.2% |
% 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
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Peninsula Elementary School
Peninsula Elementary School's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peninsula Elementary School this school | 235 | 41.7% | 40.4% |
| Sabin Elementary School Portland | 293 | 43.3% | 56.8% |
| Vestal Elementary School Portland | 257 | 45.1% | 30.5% |
| Beach Elementary School Portland | 295 | 42.0% | 48.6% |
| Chapman Elementary School Portland | 353 | 41.4% | 43.7% |
| Vernon Elementary School Portland | 564 | 41.7% | 49.6% |
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 Peninsula Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #222 of 591 | #42 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #284 of 646 ▼ 12 | #54 of 109 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #201 of 646 ▼ 57 | #46 of 109 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #536 of 710 | #98 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #26 of 587 | #7 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #62 of 587 | #42 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.7% | #610 of 645 | #87 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #315 of 493 | #68 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
235
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 235 | 17.8 | 13.2:1 | 42% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 15.9 | 14.7:1 | 65% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 18 | 12.5:1 | 64% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 18 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 19 | 14.7:1 | 53% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 65% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 82% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 16 | 20.2:1 | 74% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 328 | 13 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peninsula Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (279 to 235); teachers down 7% (19 to 17.8).
About Peninsula Elementary School
Families in Portland, Oregon, are served by Peninsula Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. There are 235 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Oregon, the average enrollment is about 321.
Within Portland SD 1J, Peninsula Elementary School is one of 86 schools. The district enrolls 41,894 students.
About 49% of students at Peninsula Elementary School are White, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 14% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 68%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
With 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Peninsula Elementary School, 42% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Multnomah County, the average is 75%.
Peninsula Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of Oregon public elementary schools.
Peninsula Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.4% is 6.0 points below the 46.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Multnomah County, where the median household earns about $88,766 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Peninsula Elementary School shares Multnomah County with 168 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Rosa Parks Elementary School is closest at about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 36.9%, lower than Peninsula Elementary School's 40.4%.
NCES describes the area around Peninsula Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Peninsula Elementary School had 237 students in 2020-21 and 235 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
This page collects posts and questions about Peninsula Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Portland SD 1J
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
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- 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 Peninsula Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Peninsula Elementary. Peninsula Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Peninsula ElementaryMOSES LAKE, WA · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Rosa Parks Elementary School0.7 mi · 172
- Chief Joseph Elementary School0.8 mi · 278
- CESAR CHAVEZ K-8 SCHOOL0.9 mi · 453
- Ockley Green Middle School1.4 mi · 409
- Astor Elementary School1.4 mi · 413
- The Ivy School1.6 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Peninsula Elementary SchoolHow large is Peninsula Elementary School?
Peninsula Elementary School enrolls approximately 235 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Peninsula Elementary School serve?
Peninsula Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Peninsula Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Peninsula Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Peninsula Elementary School?
At Peninsula Elementary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 20% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Peninsula Elementary School?
Peninsula Elementary School is overseen by Portland SD 1J in Multnomah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.