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If you had an hour of school board time for Richmond Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000930
Richmond Elementary School
2276 SE 41st Ave, Portland, OR 97214 · (503) 916-6220 · Multnomah County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
220 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 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
Student demographics
64%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
73.5%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
69.4%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.5% | 69.4% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 68.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Oregon's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Richmond Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #35 of 591 | #14 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #30 of 646 | #15 of 109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #35 of 646 | #16 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #44 of 710 | #9 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #572 of 587 | #98 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #109 of 587 | #56 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #273 of 493 | #57 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
530
-116 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 23.9:1
% White
39%
was 55%
% Hispanic
6%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
9%
was 9%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 530 | 24.2 | 21.9:1 | 42% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 22.8 | 23.5:1 | 13% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 26.4 | 20.4:1 | 5% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 27 | 23.9:1 | 7% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richmond Elementary School.
About Richmond Elementary School
A large elementary school in Portland, Oregon, Richmond Elementary School is part of Portland SD 1J. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 530 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Oregon is roughly 321 students; this school is 65% larger than that.
Richmond Elementary School reports to Portland SD 1J, which has 86 schools and 41,894 students.
At Richmond Elementary School, the largest share of students is multiracial, at 43%. The remaining shares are 39% White, 9% Asian, and 6% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Richmond Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 21.9:1. That is higher than the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. The lunch program counts 42% of students at Richmond Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 75% for public schools in Multnomah County.
Richmond Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 65.7%. Predicted: 46.5%. Difference: 19.2 points.
Richmond Elementary School is located in Multnomah County, where the median household income is $88,766, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Richmond Elementary School is one of 169 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Richmond Elementary School is Franklin High School, about 0.7 miles away. Richmond Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 52.2%, lower than Richmond Elementary School's 65.7%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show an 18% enrollment decrease, from 646 in 2017-18 to 530 in 2024-25. The share of White students fell 16 points, from 55% to 39%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.9:1 to 21.9:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Richmond Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Franklin High School0.7 mi · 1,807
- Sunnyside Environmental School0.7 mi · 461
- Atkinson Elementary School0.7 mi · 372
- Creston Elementary School0.8 mi · 246
- Hosford Middle School0.8 mi · 537
- Glencoe Elementary School0.9 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Richmond Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Richmond Elementary School?
Richmond Elementary School enrolls approximately 530 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Richmond Elementary School serve?
Richmond Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richmond Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richmond Elementary School is approximately 21.9:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Richmond Elementary School?
Richmond Elementary School reports a student body of 39% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 43% Two or more.
Who oversees Richmond Elementary School?
Richmond Elementary School is overseen by Portland SD 1J in Multnomah County.
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