Rockwood Preparatory Academy

Rockwood Preparatory Academy is a mid-tier elementary-level community in Portland, Oregon, one of the schools within Reynolds SD 7. The school caters to 397 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Rockwood Preparatory Academy sits 24% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Reynolds SD 7, which oversees 20 schools and 9,631 students, Rockwood Preparatory Academy is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Rockwood Preparatory Academy lists that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 19% White, 18% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Multnomah County's rate of about 75%.

After controlling for student poverty, Rockwood Preparatory Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Multnomah County shows median household earnings sit near $88,766, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Multnomah County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), Rockwood Preparatory Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Alder Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rockwood Preparatory Academy comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 15.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. Rockwood Preparatory Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 27%: 313 students in 2018 compared to 397 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 7% to 18% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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