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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH CLACKAMAS SD 12·NCES 410883001775
Scouters Mountain Elementary
10811 SE 172nd Ave, Happy Valley, OR 97086 · (503) 353-3250 · Clackamas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
333 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
65.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
55.9%
OR avg 31.8% . -11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.6% | 55.9% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 67.4% |
% 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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Scouters Mountain Elementary
Scouters Mountain Elementary's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scouters Mountain Elementary this school | 568 | 58.6% | 56.1% |
| Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary Damascus | 506 | 58.3% | 40.8% |
| Bonny Slope Elementary School Portland | 602 | 50.7% | 70.3% |
| Scholls Heights Elementary School Beaverton | 597 | 51.4% | 65.9% |
| Happy Valley Elementary School Happy Valley | 491 | 59.3% | 52.8% |
| Oregon Trail Elementary School Clackamas | 455 | 58.0% | 41.5% |
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 Scouters Mountain Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #85 of 591 | #14 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #96 of 646 ▼ 54 | #15 of 66 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #86 of 646 ▼ 33 | #11 of 66 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #30 of 710 | #3 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #543 of 587 | #53 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #40 of 587 | #2 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.6% | #486 of 645 | #27 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #41 of 88 | #9 of 18 |
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
568
+233 (+70%) vs 2020
+20% since 2010-11, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 568 | 27.9 | 20.4:1 | 59% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 27.6 | 20.0:1 | 32% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 26.4 | 20.7:1 | 20% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 17 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 23.1 | 22.9:1 | 17% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 20 | 25.3:1 | 22% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | 18 | 26.3:1 | 23% (111) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scouters Mountain Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (527 to 568); teachers up 21% (23.1 to 27.9).
About Scouters Mountain Elementary
Scouters Mountain Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school that serves part of Happy Valley, Oregon. The school's enrollment of 568 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students each.
Scouters Mountain Elementary sits within North Clackamas SD 12, which has 31 schools and 16,837 students.
White students are the largest group at Scouters Mountain Elementary, with 38% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 33% Asian, 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 40 points below the 79% share among Clackamas County residents. Scouters Mountain Elementary has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Scouters Mountain Elementary employs 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 20.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1, lower than at this school. Scouters Mountain Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 59%. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Clackamas County is 9 points.
Schools in Oregon with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.8%. Scouters Mountain Elementary scores 56.1%.
In Clackamas County (population about 423,975), median household income is about $103,517, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 118 public schools operate in Clackamas County, serving about 57,601 students.
The closest other public school is Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Scouters Mountain Elementary at 1st of 9.
The NCES locale for Scouters Mountain Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 335 to 568. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served.
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Clackamas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
423,975
Census ACS
Median income
$103,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
57,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Clackamas SD 12
- Adrienne C. Nelson High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Clackamas High SchoolHigh · 1,280 students
- Happy Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,158 students
- Putnam High SchoolHigh · 1,060 students
- Rock Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Milwaukie High SchoolHigh · 874 students
Other schools in Happy Valley
- Adrienne C. Nelson High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Happy Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,158 students
- Happy Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Mount Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Verne A Duncan Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Spring Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
Nearby schools
- Beatrice Morrow Cannady Elementary1.1 mi · 506
- Happy Valley Middle School1.5 mi · 1,158
- Happy Valley Elementary School1.5 mi · 491
- Pleasant Valley Elementary School1.5 mi · 328
- Oregon Trail Elementary School1.8 mi · 455
- Adrienne C. Nelson High School2.0 mi · 1,536
Frequently asked questions
About Scouters Mountain ElementaryHow large is Scouters Mountain Elementary?
Scouters Mountain Elementary enrolls approximately 568 students in grades KG-05.
Is Scouters Mountain Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Scouters Mountain Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Scouters Mountain Elementary have?
Scouters Mountain Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Scouters Mountain Elementary?
Student demographics at Scouters Mountain Elementary are roughly 38% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 33% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Scouters Mountain Elementary public or private?
Scouters Mountain Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Clackamas SD 12.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.