Terra Linda Elementary School

Terra Linda Elementary School, a compact primary school in Portland, Oregon, one of the schools within Beaverton SD 48J, educates 268 students, covering grades K through 5.

Across the 56 schools in Beaverton SD 48J (37,479 students total), Terra Linda Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Terra Linda Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 10% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Terra Linda Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. 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.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Terra Linda Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.7%, the actual is 56.6%, a residual of +13.9 points.

Around the school, census data for Washington County shows the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Terra Linda Elementary School is one of 136 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students).

The closest other public school is Sunset High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Terra Linda Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 30%: 385 students in 2018 compared to 268 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 59% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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