Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTENNIAL SD 28J·NCES 410280001018
Powell Butte Elementary School
3615 SE 174th St, Portland, OR 97236 · (503) 762-3204 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
385 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
25.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
13.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.2% | 13.8% |
| 2023-24 | 17.8% | 5.7% |
% 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
14.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Powell Butte Elementary School
Powell Butte Elementary School's state test result (14.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Butte Elementary School this school | 392 | 98.2% | 14.5% |
| Parklane Elementary School Portland | 397 | 100.0% | 17.5% |
| Patrick Lynch Elementary Portland | 316 | 97.2% | 21.6% |
| Butler Creek Elementary School Gresham | 509 | 97.4% | 35.5% |
| Woodmere Elementary School Portland | 241 | 98.3% | 21.8% |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School Gresham | 328 | 95.7% | 36.3% |
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 Powell Butte Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #557 of 591 | #70 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #604 of 646 ▲ 40 | #98 of 109 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #553 of 646 ▲ 54 | #88 of 109 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #222 of 710 | #35 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #142 of 587 | #39 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.8% | #15 of 587 | #13 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #97 of 645 | #48 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.4% | #105 of 493 | #29 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
392
-101 (-20%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 392 | 25.7 | 15.3:1 | 98% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 23 | 17.9:1 | 69% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 23 | 16.8:1 | 70% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 23 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 28.5 | 18.9:1 | 86% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 26 | 19.8:1 | 82% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 24 | 22.1:1 | 78% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 26 | 21.8:1 | 31% (178) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 25 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Powell Butte Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (540 to 392); teachers down 10% (28.5 to 25.7).
About Powell Butte Elementary School
Portland, Oregon, is home to Powell Butte Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 392 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Oregon have about 321 students on average; enrollment here is 22% higher.
District-wide, Centennial SD 28J has 9 schools and 5,304 students.
Hispanic students account for 36% of enrollment at Powell Butte Elementary School, more than any other group. Other groups include 26% White, 18% Asian, 9% Black, and 9% multiracial. By comparison, Multnomah County residents are about 14% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 76%.
There are about 15.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Powell Butte Elementary School, which has 25.7. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Powell Butte Elementary School is about 98%. The gap from the 75% average for public schools in Multnomah County is 23 points.
In Oregon, Powell Butte Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 14.5% actual against a predicted 24.5%.
In Multnomah County, median household income comes to about $88,766, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 169, with about 81,096 students.
Centennial High School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Powell Butte Elementary School ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Powell Butte Elementary School had a net loss of 101 students, or 20%. The ratio was 21.4:1 in 2020-21 and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Centennial SD 28J
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Butler Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Oliver MiddleMiddle · 435 students
- Parklane Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 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
- Centennial High School0.4 mi · 1,731
- Centennial Middle School0.5 mi · 876
- Meadows Elementary0.5 mi · 320
- Patrick Lynch Elementary1.1 mi · 316
- Parklane Elementary School1.4 mi · 397
- Alder Elementary School1.4 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Powell Butte Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Powell Butte Elementary School?
Powell Butte Elementary School enrolls approximately 392 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Powell Butte Elementary School serve?
Powell Butte Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Powell Butte Elementary School have?
Powell Butte Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Powell Butte Elementary School?
At Powell Butte Elementary School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 36% Hispanic, 9% Black, 18% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Powell Butte Elementary School public or private?
Powell Butte Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Centennial SD 28J.
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