Sitton Elementary School

Sitton Elementary School is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in Portland, Oregon, part of Portland SD 1J, caters to 339 students in grades K through 5.

Portland SD 1J runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 41,894 students. Sitton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Sitton Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 12% Black, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 106% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Multnomah County's rate of about 75%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Multnomah County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,766, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Sitton Elementary School is one.

James John Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sitton Elementary School.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Sitton Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 364 (now 339). Black enrollment moved from 16% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.