Enrollment
212
Elementary
DISTRICT 192 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCAPPOOSE SD 1J·NCES 411098001011
Sauvie Island School
14445 NW Charlton Rd, Portland, OR 97231 · (503) 621-3426 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL212 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Oregon public elementary schools
- ATest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
54 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sauvie Island School→Scappoose High School
Based on grade levels within Scappoose SD 1J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
65.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
65.9%
OR avg 31.8% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.2% | 65.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.8% | 57.0% |
% 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
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Sauvie Island School
Sauvie Island School's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauvie Island School this school | 212 | 25.5% | 59.4% |
| Bend International School Bend | 217 | 32.3% | 48.6% |
| Bolton Primary School West Linn | 222 | 21.2% | 69.7% |
| Forest Grove Community School Forest Grove | 202 | 31.7% | 41.6% |
| Archer Glen Elementary School Sherwood | 308 | 20.1% | 59.8% |
| St Helens Arthur Academy St Helens | 160 | 38.1% | 43.0% |
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 Sauvie Island School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #64 of 591 | #20 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #48 of 646 ▲ 44 | #18 of 109 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #88 of 646 ▲ 5 | #26 of 109 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 212 | #569 of 710 | #101 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #206 of 587 | #47 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.6% | #530 of 587 | #101 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.5% | #630 of 645 | #101 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #54 of 88 | #6 of 13 |
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
212
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
+162% since 2000-01, when it was 81
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 212 | 13.2 | 16.1:1 | 25% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 14.1 | 15.2:1 | 32% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 13.1 | 16.1:1 | 20% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 216 | 11 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 201 | 12 | 16.8:1 | 20% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 215 | 10 | 21.5:1 | 22% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 87 | 3 | 29.0:1 | 20% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 81 | 4 | 20.3:1 | 31% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sauvie Island School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (201 to 212); teachers up 10% (12 to 13.2).
About Sauvie Island School
As a low-enrollment elementary school, Sauvie Island School serves students in Portland, Oregon. Its 212 students are spread across kindergarten through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Oregon is about 321 students.
Sauvie Island School is part of Scappoose SD 1J, where 8 schools serve 2,251 students.
Federal enrollment data show Sauvie Island School is 82% White. Other groups make up 12% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Multnomah County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 32%, meaning two students picked at random have a 32% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1 at Sauvie Island School, with 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 25%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Multnomah County is 75%.
Measured against Oregon public elementary schools, Sauvie Island School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sauvie Island School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.4%; the prediction is 52.7%.
Across Multnomah County, the median household income is $88,766, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Multnomah County is home to 169 public schools and about 81,096 public school students.
The school nearest to Sauvie Island School is Skyline Elementary School, at a distance of about 3.6 miles. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Sauvie Island School is 4th on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe). As a charter school, Sauvie Island School is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (216) and 2024-25 (212). The school's ratio fell from 19.6:1 to 16.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Scappoose SD 1J
- Scappoose High SchoolHigh · 709 students
- Otto Petersen Elementary SchoolMiddle · 416 students
- Grant Watts Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
- Scappoose Middle SchoolMiddle · 307 students
- Warren Elementary SchoolElementary · 109 students
- South Columbia Family SchoolElementary · 66 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
- Skyline Elementary School3.6 mi · 226
- Sitton Elementary School5.0 mi · 339
- Sato Elementary School5.6 mi · 863
- James John Elementary School5.7 mi · 367
- George Middle School5.9 mi · 400
- Springville Elementary School6.1 mi · 742
Frequently asked questions
About Sauvie Island SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sauvie Island School?
Sauvie Island School enrolls approximately 212 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Sauvie Island School serve?
Sauvie Island School serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Sauvie Island School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Sauvie Island School.
What is the student diversity at Sauvie Island School?
Student demographics at Sauvie Island School are roughly 82% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sauvie Island School in?
Sauvie Island School is part of Scappoose SD 1J.
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