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What tradition at Portland Village School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004001649
Portland Village School
4650 S Macadam Ave, Portland, OR 97239 · (503) 445-0056 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
15.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
88 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
46%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
49.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
43.6%
OR avg 31.8% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 are down about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.6% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 46.1% |
% 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Portland Village School
Portland Village School's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Village School this school | 408 | 21.6% | 40.3% |
| Hallinan Elementary School Lake Oswego | 364 | 15.9% | 74.7% |
| Archer Glen Elementary School Sherwood | 308 | 20.1% | 59.8% |
| Hayhurst Elementary School Portland | 525 | 25.1% | 62.0% |
| Trillium Creek Primary School West Linn | 480 | 14.4% | 57.9% |
| Middleton Elementary School Sherwood | 395 | 12.7% | 62.1% |
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 Portland Village School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #224 of 591 | #43 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #188 of 646 ▼ 13 | #44 of 109 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #219 of 646 ▼ 65 | #47 of 109 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #189 of 710 | #29 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #199 of 587 | #45 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #359 of 587 | #86 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #632 of 645 | #103 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #84 of 88 | #13 of 13 |
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
408
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
+29% since 2010-11, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 408 | 25.6 | 15.9:1 | 22% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 24.5 | 16.8:1 | 21% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 27.1 | 15.2:1 | 23% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 22 | 19.5:1 | 28% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 22.4 | 18.0:1 | 28% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 22 | 18.9:1 | 20% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 317 | 18 | 17.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Portland Village School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (404 to 408); teachers up 14% (22.4 to 25.6).
About Portland Village School
Portland Village School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Portland, Oregon. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 408 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Oregon enroll around 321, and this school is 27% above that mark.
Portland SD 1J has a total of 86 schools and 41,894 students, Portland Village School among them.
The largest group at Portland Village School is White students, at 70%. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Multnomah County residents are about 68% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Portland Village School scores 46%.
The school has 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.9 students per teacher. That is in line with the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Of all students at Portland Village School, 22% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Multnomah County average 75%.
On the allk12 Grade, Portland Village School lands at C+, ahead of 40% of Oregon public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Portland Village School would score about 54.2%. It scores 40.3%, 13.9 points below that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Multnomah County show that median household income comes to about $88,766, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Multnomah County counts 169 public schools with about 81,096 students.
The Cottonwood School of Civics and Science is about 0.2 miles from Portland Village School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Portland Village School is 6th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Portland Village School's location as City: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Portland Village School had a net loss of 21 students, or 5%. The school's ratio dropped from 19.5:1 to 15.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Portland Village School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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
Other schools in Portland
- 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
Nearby schools
- The Cottonwood School of Civics and Science0.2 mi · 198
- Winterhaven School1.1 mi · 322
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School1.2 mi · 1,650
- Llewellyn Elementary School1.3 mi · 373
- Rieke Elementary School1.4 mi · 279
- Gray Middle School1.5 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Portland Village SchoolHow many students attend Portland Village School?
Portland Village School enrolls approximately 408 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Portland Village School serve?
Portland Village School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Portland Village School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Portland Village School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Portland Village School?
At Portland Village School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Portland Village School public or private?
Portland Village School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Portland SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.