Enrollment
279
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000371
Rieke Elementary School
1405 SW Vermont, Portland, OR 97219 · (503) 916-5768 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
116 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
45%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
85.3%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
82.7%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.3% | 82.7% |
| 2023-24 | 83.3% | 81.4% |
% 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
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+32.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% 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 32 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 →
Schools most like Rieke Elementary School
Rieke Elementary School's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rieke Elementary School this school | 279 | 41.6% | 78.8% |
| Chief Joseph Elementary School Portland | 278 | 41.7% | 49.8% |
| Stephenson Elementary School Portland | 285 | 41.8% | 73.0% |
| Capitol Hill Elementary School Portland | 323 | 41.8% | 59.7% |
| Lewis Elementary School Portland | 267 | 42.3% | 59.8% |
| Glencoe Elementary School Portland | 357 | 41.7% | 70.5% |
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 Rieke Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #3 of 591 | #2 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #5 of 646 no change | #3 of 109 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #5 of 646 ▼ 1 | #4 of 109 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #449 of 710 | #83 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #532 of 587 | #92 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #368 of 587 | #89 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.6% | #618 of 645 | #95 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #102 of 493 | #27 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
279
-53 (-16%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 288
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 279 | 13.8 | 20.2:1 | 42% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 15.1 | 19.1:1 | 17% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 14.8 | 20.2:1 | 13% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 18 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 20.7 | 18.6:1 | 11% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 18 | 22.6:1 | 14% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 17 | 20.9:1 | 10% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 14 | 20.6:1 | 8% (22) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rieke Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (386 to 279); teachers down 33% (20.7 to 13.8).
About Rieke Elementary School
Families in Portland, Oregon, are served by Rieke Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 279 students.
Rieke Elementary School belongs to Portland SD 1J, a district of 86 schools and 41,894 students.
Federal enrollment data show Rieke Elementary School is 72% White. Enrollment also includes 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. In Multnomah County overall, the White share is about 68%. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at Rieke Elementary School are from different groups.
There are about 20.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Rieke Elementary School, which has 13.8. Elementary schools in Oregon have an average ratio of 16.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 42%. For comparison, public schools in Multnomah County average 75%.
Schools in Oregon with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 46.4%. Rieke Elementary School posts 78.8%, 32.4 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Multnomah County show that the median household earns about $88,766 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Multnomah County, 169 public schools serve about 81,096 students.
Rieke Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Rieke Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Rieke Elementary School's average proficiency of 78.8% compares with 53.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Rieke Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 332 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 279 by 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 18.4:1 to 20.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Rieke Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School0.3 mi · 1,650
- Gray Middle School0.5 mi · 439
- Capitol Hill Elementary School0.8 mi · 323
- Portland Village School1.4 mi · 408
- The Cottonwood School of Civics and Science1.6 mi · 198
- Riverdale High School1.6 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Rieke Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rieke Elementary School?
Rieke Elementary School enrolls approximately 279 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Rieke Elementary School serve?
Rieke Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rieke Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rieke Elementary School is approximately 20.2:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rieke Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rieke Elementary School are roughly 72% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Rieke Elementary School in?
Rieke Elementary School is part of Portland SD 1J.
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