Spring Mountain Elementary School

Spring Mountain Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in Happy Valley, Oregon, operated by North Clackamas SD 12, with 350 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within North Clackamas SD 12, which oversees 31 schools and 16,837 students, Spring Mountain Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Spring Mountain Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 17% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Clackamas County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Spring Mountain Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.0%; this one delivers 49.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Clackamas County indicate median household income runs about $103,517, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Clackamas County's 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), Spring Mountain Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Sunnyside Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Spring Mountain Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Spring Mountain Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

Spring Mountain Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 37%: 555 students in 2018 compared to 350 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 64% to 51%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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