Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRESHAM-BARLOW SD 10J·NCES 410600000993
Powell Valley Elementary School
4825 SE Powell Valley Rd, Gresham, OR 97080 · (503) 661-1510 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
304 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
25.1%
OR avg 43.0% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
18.6%
OR avg 31.8% . -7.0pp 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 19 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.1% | 18.6% |
| 2023-24 | 27.8% | 25.6% |
% 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
21.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Valley Elementary School
Powell Valley Elementary School's state test result (21.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Valley Elementary School this school | 368 | 82.6% | 21.5% |
| Kelly Creek Elementary School Gresham | 368 | 81.8% | 28.4% |
| Hogan Cedars Elementary School Gresham | 477 | 83.0% | 26.8% |
| Hollydale Elementary School Gresham | 474 | 81.4% | 19.6% |
| Morningside Elementary School Salem | 311 | 87.5% | 47.9% |
| Liberty Elementary School Salem | 400 | 89.0% | 27.9% |
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 Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #495 of 591 | #59 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #547 of 646 ▼ 95 | #85 of 109 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #554 of 646 ▼ 33 | #89 of 109 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #270 of 710 | #44 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #539 of 587 | #93 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #60 of 587 | #41 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #247 of 645 | #56 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #314 of 493 | #67 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
368
-27 (-7%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 368 | 18.1 | 20.3:1 | 83% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 18.5 | 19.3:1 | 69% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 17.8 | 20.0:1 | 75% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 17 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 21 | 20.8:1 | 59% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 22 | 22.0:1 | 60% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 19 | 22.4:1 | 42% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 25 | 23.1:1 | 32% (182) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Powell Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (437 to 368); teachers down 14% (21 to 18.1).
About Powell Valley Elementary School
Powell Valley Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Gresham, Oregon. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 368 students.
Gresham-Barlow SD 10J enrolls 11,345 students in 20 schools, including Powell Valley Elementary School.
Powell Valley Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 46%. Other reported shares: 30% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. That compares with about 68% White among all Multnomah County residents. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.3:1, with 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Powell Valley Elementary School is 83%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Multnomah County is 75%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Powell Valley Elementary School would score about 30.5%. It scores 21.5%, 9.0 points below that figure.
Multnomah County census figures show that the median household income is $88,766, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 169 public schools in Multnomah County, enrolling about 81,096 students in all.
Nearby, Gordon Russell Middle School is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Powell Valley Elementary School at 7th of 8.
Federal data place Powell Valley Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Powell Valley Elementary School declined 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 395 to 368 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.2:1 in 2020-21, and 20.3:1 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 Gresham-Barlow SD 10J
- Gresham High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Sam Barlow High SchoolHigh · 1,635 students
- Metro East Web AcademyCombined · 759 students
- Gordon Russell Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Clear Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- North Gresham Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
Other schools in Gresham
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Gresham High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Sam Barlow High SchoolHigh · 1,635 students
- Metro East Web AcademyCombined · 759 students
- Gordon Russell Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Clear Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
Other Powell Valley Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Powell Valley Elementary. Powell Valley Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Powell Valley ElementarySpeedwell, TN · 280 students
Nearby schools
- Gordon Russell Middle School0.6 mi · 633
- Kelly Creek Elementary School0.8 mi · 368
- Springwater Trail High School1.2 mi · 184
- Hogan Cedars Elementary School1.2 mi · 477
- Sam Barlow High School1.5 mi · 1,635
- Dexter McCarty Middle School1.7 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Powell Valley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Powell Valley Elementary School?
Powell Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 368 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Powell Valley Elementary School serve?
Powell Valley Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Powell Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at Powell Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Powell Valley Elementary School?
Powell Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 46% White, 30% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Powell Valley Elementary School?
Powell Valley Elementary School is overseen by Gresham-Barlow SD 10J in Multnomah County.
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