Sauvie Island School

Sauvie Island School is a close-knit elementary school in Portland, Oregon, one of the schools within Scappoose SD 1J. The school serves 212 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Sauvie Island School sits 34% below that benchmark.

Scappoose SD 1J comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,251 students; Sauvie Island School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Sauvie Island School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sauvie Island School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 25% of students at Sauvie Island School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Multnomah County's rate of about 75%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sauvie Island School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.7%, the actual is 59.4%, a residual of +6.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Multnomah County put median household income runs about $88,766, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Multnomah County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), of which Sauvie Island School is one.

The closest other public school is Skyline Elementary School, roughly 3.6 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sauvie Island School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting. As a public charter, Sauvie Island School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sauvie Island School has climbed 5%, going from 201 students in 2018 to 212 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 12% across the same window.

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