Rosa Parks Elementary School

Rosa Parks Elementary School is a small elementary campus in Portland, Oregon, part of Portland SD 1J. The school teaches 172 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Rosa Parks Elementary School sits 46% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 86 schools in Portland SD 1J (41,894 students total), Rosa Parks Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Rosa Parks Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 12% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 6% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Rosa Parks Elementary School lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 118% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Multnomah County (around 75%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Multnomah County shows median household earnings sit near $88,766, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Multnomah County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), of which Rosa Parks Elementary School is one.

CESAR CHAVEZ K-8 SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rosa Parks Elementary School.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Rosa Parks Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 37% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 172). Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.