Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000940
Stephenson Elementary School
2627 SW Stephenson St, Portland, OR 97219 · (503) 916-6318 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Oregon public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
119 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
46%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
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
76.9%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.6% | 76.9% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 73.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 Stephenson Elementary School
Stephenson Elementary School's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephenson Elementary School this school | 285 | 41.8% | 73.0% |
| Capitol Hill Elementary School Portland | 323 | 41.8% | 59.7% |
| Rieke Elementary School Portland | 279 | 41.6% | 78.8% |
| Abernethy Elementary School Portland | 285 | 41.8% | 78.1% |
| Maplewood Elementary School Portland | 296 | 41.6% | 57.2% |
| Lewis Elementary School Portland | 267 | 42.3% | 59.8% |
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 Stephenson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #11 of 591 | #5 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #13 of 646 ▲ 8 | #8 of 109 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #23 of 646 ▼ 9 | #13 of 109 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #439 of 710 | #82 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #402 of 587 | #68 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.5% | #366 of 587 | #87 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.8% | #607 of 645 | #84 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #255 of 493 | #54 of 89 |
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
285
-38 (-12%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 285 | 15.8 | 18.1:1 | 42% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 15.7 | 19.8:1 | 12% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 17 | 18.0:1 | 9% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 323 | 18 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 19.8 | 17.8:1 | 9% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 15 | 21.5:1 | 6% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 15 | 21.6:1 | 9% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 369 | 16 | 23.1:1 | 3% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 16 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stephenson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (352 to 285); teachers down 20% (19.8 to 15.8).
About Stephenson Elementary School
This page covers Stephenson Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Portland, Oregon. Federal data show 285 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Stephenson Elementary School is in Portland SD 1J, a district with 41,894 students across 86 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Stephenson Elementary School is 71% White. Other groups include 15% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. In Multnomah County overall, the White share is about 68%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
The school had 15.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1:1. The school's 18.1:1 compares with an average of 16.5:1 for elementary schools in Oregon. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 42%. That rate is below the 75% average among public schools in Multnomah County.
Stephenson Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of Oregon public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places Stephenson Elementary School in the top 10% of Oregon schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 26.6 points above it (73.0% actual, 46.4% predicted).
In the surrounding county, Multnomah County, the median household earns about $88,766 a year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Multnomah County has 169 public schools with about 81,096 students, including Stephenson Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Stephenson Elementary School is closest to Jackson Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Stephenson Elementary School's average proficiency of 73.0% compares with 64.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Stephenson Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 323 to 285, a 12% decline.
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Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Portland SD 1J
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
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- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Middle School0.7 mi · 715
- Lake Oswego High School1.0 mi · 1,282
- Markham Elementary School1.2 mi · 341
- Lake Oswego Middle School1.2 mi · 791
- Riverdale High School1.3 mi · 159
- Oak Creek Elementary School1.6 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Stephenson Elementary SchoolHow large is Stephenson Elementary School?
Stephenson Elementary School enrolls approximately 285 students in grades KG-05.
Is Stephenson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stephenson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Stephenson Elementary School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Stephenson Elementary School.
How diverse is Stephenson Elementary School?
Stephenson Elementary School reports a student body of 71% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Stephenson Elementary School in?
Stephenson Elementary School is part of Portland SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.