Enrollment
279
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANBY SD 86·NCES 410264001659
Philander Lee Elementary School
1110 S Ivy, Canby, OR 97013 · (503) 263-7150 · Clackamas County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
213 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 28% smaller than its 6th grade class (39).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Canby SD 86. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.4%
OR avg 43.0% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
OR avg 31.8% . -8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 28.2% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Philander Lee Elementary School
Philander Lee Elementary School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philander Lee Elementary School this school | 279 | 76.3% | 27.0% |
| Oak Elementary School Albany | 273 | 76.9% | 36.4% |
| Periwinkle Elementary School Albany | 325 | 76.6% | 28.0% |
| Monroe Grade School Monroe | 235 | 78.3% | 22.8% |
| Lafayette Elementary School Albany | 295 | 76.3% | 23.2% |
| Vern Patrick Elementary School Redmond | 333 | 75.7% | 38.8% |
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 Philander Lee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #416 of 591 | #55 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #528 of 646 ▼ 131 | #60 of 66 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #356 of 646 ▲ 78 | #50 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #447 of 710 | #52 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #71 of 587 | #3 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #314 of 587 | #29 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #301 of 645 | #3 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.7% | #35 of 493 | #4 of 43 |
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
279
-52 (-16%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 279 | 19.8 | 14.1:1 | 76% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 21 | 14.7:1 | 47% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 21.4 | 14.8:1 | 37% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 18 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 25 | 17.4:1 | 45% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 22 | 20.3:1 | 52% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 17 | 21.0:1 | 47% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Philander Lee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (434 to 279); teachers down 21% (25 to 19.8).
About Philander Lee Elementary School
Philander Lee Elementary School sits in Canby, Oregon, and is classified as an elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 279 students.
Besides Philander Lee Elementary School, Canby SD 86 runs 7 other schools. The district enrolls 4,134 students.
The largest group at Philander Lee Elementary School is White students, at 65%. Smaller groups are 29% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 79% of Clackamas County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
The school has 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.1 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. Of all students at Philander Lee Elementary School, 76% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Clackamas County, the average is 50%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Philander Lee Elementary School is 6.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.0% actual, 32.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Oregon.
The school is in Clackamas County, where median household income comes to about $103,517, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clackamas County's 118 public schools enroll about 57,601 students and include Philander Lee Elementary School.
Cecile Trost Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Philander Lee Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Philander Lee Elementary School is 7th among 9 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Philander Lee Elementary School as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
A 16% decline took enrollment from 331 in 2020-21 to 279 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.4:1 in 2020-21 to 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Clackamas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
423,975
Census ACS
Median income
$103,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
57,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canby SD 86
- Canby High SchoolHigh · 1,402 students
- Baker Prairie Middle SchoolMiddle · 532 students
- Ninety-One SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Cecile Trost Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Howard Eccles Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Carus SchoolElementary · 325 students
Other schools in Canby
- Canby High SchoolHigh · 1,402 students
- Baker Prairie Middle SchoolMiddle · 532 students
- Cecile Trost Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- Howard Eccles Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- William Knight Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
Nearby schools
- Cecile Trost Elementary School0.5 mi · 457
- Canby High School0.7 mi · 1,402
- Baker Prairie Middle School0.8 mi · 532
- William Knight Elementary School1.0 mi · 292
- Howard Eccles Elementary School1.0 mi · 371
- Wilsonville High School4.7 mi · 1,258
Frequently asked questions
About Philander Lee Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Philander Lee Elementary School?
Philander Lee Elementary School enrolls approximately 279 students in grades KG-06.
Is Philander Lee Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Philander Lee Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Philander Lee Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Philander Lee Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Philander Lee Elementary School?
Philander Lee Elementary School reports a student body of 65% White, 29% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Philander Lee Elementary School in?
Philander Lee Elementary School is part of Canby SD 86.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.