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Enrollment
1,635
High
DISTRICT 1,168 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRESHAM-BARLOW SD 10J·NCES 410600001041
Sam Barlow High School
5105 SE 302nd Ave, Gresham, OR 97080 · (503) 258-4850 · Multnomah County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,635 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Oregon public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public high schools
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
1,333 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 446 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 404 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 384 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 401 | 25% |
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.3%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
12.0%
OR avg 31.8% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.3% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 15.0% |
% 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 Sam Barlow High School
Sam Barlow High School's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Barlow High School this school | 1,635 | 81.5% | 26.1% |
| Willamette High School Eugene | 1,455 | 87.5% | 18.6% |
| Sprague High School Salem | 1,712 | 88.8% | 23.5% |
| West Salem High School Salem | 1,606 | 89.5% | 24.5% |
| North Medford High School Medford | 1,721 | 86.8% | 42.2% |
| South Albany High School Albany | 1,466 | 77.4% | 24.5% |
Matched among Oregon high 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 Sam Barlow High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #112 of 177 | #10 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #136 of 194 ▼ 29 | #11 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #133 of 201 ▼ 12 | #12 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,635 | #29 of 257 | #9 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #160 of 171 | #14 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #38 of 171 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.5% | #75 of 207 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #97 of 102 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,635
-53 (-3%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 1,422
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 28.6:1
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 | 1,635 | 64.8 | 25.2:1 | 82% (1,333) |
| 2023-24 | 1,638 | 64.2 | 25.5:1 | 48% (785) |
| 2022-23 | 1,710 | 64.6 | 26.5:1 | 38% (655) |
| 2020-21 | 1,688 | 59 | 28.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,658 | 61.8 | 26.9:1 | 36% (597) |
| 2015-16 | 1,726 | 61 | 28.3:1 | 41% (703) |
| 2010-11 | 1,805 | 73 | 24.7:1 | 31% (566) |
| 2000-01 | 1,855 | 91 | 20.4:1 | 15% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 1,422 | 73 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sam Barlow High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,658 to 1,635); teachers up 5% (61.8 to 64.8).
About Sam Barlow High School
Among the schools in Gresham, Oregon, is Sam Barlow High School, a large high school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,635 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Oregon is about 630 students, so this school is 160% above average.
Gresham-Barlow SD 10J is the local district for Sam Barlow High School. It runs 20 schools with 11,345 students.
White students make up a majority at Sam Barlow High School, at 59%. The next largest groups are 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. In Multnomah County overall, about 68% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Sam Barlow High School, 64.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 25.2:1. On average, high schools in Oregon have 19.8:1, compared with 25.2:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 82% of enrollment.
Sam Barlow High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of Oregon public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Sam Barlow High School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.1% is 4.8 points below the 30.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Multnomah County (population about 801,477), the median household income is $88,766, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Sam Barlow High School is one of 169 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Sam Barlow High School is West Orient Middle School, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Sam Barlow High School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Sam Barlow High School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 1,635 students in 2024-25, 53 fewer than the 1,688 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 28.6:1 in 2020-21 to 25.2:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Metro East Web AcademyCombined · 759 students
- Gordon Russell Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Clear Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- North Gresham Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- East Gresham Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
Other schools in Gresham
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Gresham High SchoolHigh · 1,685 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
Nearby schools
- West Orient Middle School1.1 mi · 383
- East Orient Elementary School1.1 mi · 382
- Powell Valley Elementary School1.5 mi · 368
- Kelly Creek Elementary School1.6 mi · 368
- Gordon Russell Middle School2.1 mi · 633
- Sweetbriar Elementary School2.5 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Sam Barlow High SchoolHow large is Sam Barlow High School?
Sam Barlow High School enrolls approximately 1,635 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Sam Barlow High School serve?
Sam Barlow High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sam Barlow High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sam Barlow High School is approximately 25.2:1 (65 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sam Barlow High School?
Sam Barlow High School reports a student body of 59% White, 25% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Sam Barlow High School in?
Sam Barlow High School is part of Gresham-Barlow SD 10J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.