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What tradition at Tobias Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBORO SD 1J·NCES 410002300209
Tobias Elementary School
1065 SW 206th Ave, Aloha, OR 97006 · (503) 844-1310 · Washington County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Oregon public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
18.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
259 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 22% smaller than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
37.6%
OR avg 43.0% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
28.3%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 27.1% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Tobias Elementary School
Tobias Elementary School's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobias Elementary School this school | 378 | 68.5% | 27.6% |
| Orenco Elementary School Hillsboro | 450 | 69.1% | 37.6% |
| Rosedale Elementary School Beaverton | 301 | 75.4% | 31.0% |
| Indian Hills Elementary School Aloha | 372 | 70.2% | 43.9% |
| Nancy Ryles Elementary School Beaverton | 447 | 69.6% | 53.8% |
| Imlay Elementary School Hillsboro | 409 | 71.4% | 43.4% |
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 Tobias Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #401 of 591 | #67 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #400 of 646 ▲ 20 | #67 of 89 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #386 of 646 ▲ 54 | #64 of 89 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #250 of 710 | #49 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #415 of 587 | #66 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.6% | #10 of 587 | #1 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.5% | #398 of 645 | #39 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #341 of 493 | #57 of 70 |
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
378
-34 (-8%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 378 | 20.7 | 18.2:1 | 69% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 22.4 | 18.0:1 | 48% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 23.9 | 17.2:1 | 45% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 20 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 22.8 | 19.4:1 | 34% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 37% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 49% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 28 | 22.2:1 | 20% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tobias Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (442 to 378); teachers down 9% (22.8 to 20.7).
About Tobias Elementary School
Tobias Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Aloha, Oregon, administered by Hillsboro SD 1J. The student body numbers 378 students, from kindergarten through 6.
Tobias Elementary School falls under Hillsboro SD 1J, which has 37 schools enrolling 18,465 students.
Enrollment at Tobias Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 32%. After that, the student body is 29% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 11% multiracial, and 10% Black. Census figures show Washington County is about 64% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Tobias Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 77%.
Tobias Elementary School employs 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 18.2:1. That ratio is over the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 69% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Washington County averages 57%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Tobias Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Tobias Elementary School would be expected to post about 36.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.6%.
Washington County has about 603,947 residents, and median household income is about $107,772, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Washington County number 136 and enroll about 79,469.
The next-closest public school is Indian Hills Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Tobias Elementary School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Tobias Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Tobias Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 8%, from 412 to 378. By 2024-25, the school had 18.2 students per teacher, compared with 20.6 in 2020-21.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
603,947
Census ACS
Median income
$107,772
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
136
79,469 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hillsboro SD 1J
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,563 students
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · 1,492 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,459 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolMiddle · 728 students
- J W Poynter Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
Other schools in Aloha
- Hazeldale Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Indian Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Butternut Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- Reedville Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
Other Tobias Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Tobias Elementary. Tobias Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Tobias Elementary SchoolKYLE, TX · 736 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Hills Elementary School0.4 mi · 372
- R A Brown Middle School0.6 mi · 653
- Reedville Elementary School0.8 mi · 197
- Ladd Acres Elementary School0.9 mi · 369
- Century High School1.3 mi · 1,563
- Orenco Elementary School1.4 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Tobias Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Tobias Elementary School?
Tobias Elementary School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Tobias Elementary School serve?
Tobias Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Tobias Elementary School?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Tobias Elementary School.
How diverse is Tobias Elementary School?
Tobias Elementary School reports a student body of 32% White, 29% Hispanic, 10% Black, 16% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Tobias Elementary School public or private?
Tobias Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hillsboro SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.