Scholls Heights Elementary School

Scholls Heights Elementary School is one of the big elementary campuss in Beaverton, Oregon, overseen by Beaverton SD 48J, with 597 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so Scholls Heights Elementary School sits 86% above that benchmark.

Beaverton SD 48J runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 37,479 students. Scholls Heights Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Scholls Heights Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Scholls Heights Elementary School records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Scholls Heights Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 42.6%; Scholls Heights Elementary School posts 65.9%, +23.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Washington County shows the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), Scholls Heights Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Mountainside High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Scholls Heights Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Scholls Heights Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 49.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Scholls Heights Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 535 (now 597). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 62% to 48%.

On this page, members of the Scholls Heights Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.