Pleasant Valley Elementary School

Pleasant Valley Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary campus in Gresham, Oregon, run under Centennial SD 28J, hosts 328 students, covering grades K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in Centennial SD 28J (5,304 students total), Pleasant Valley Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Pleasant Valley Elementary School lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 9% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Multnomah County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pleasant Valley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.4%, the actual is 36.3%, a residual of +10.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Multnomah County) logs that median household earnings sit near $88,766, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pleasant Valley Elementary School is one of 169 public schools in Multnomah County (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students).

Butler Creek Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasant Valley Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 416 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 56% to 48%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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