Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVID DOUGLAS SD 40·NCES 410394001035
Ventura Park Elementary School
145 SE 117th Ave, Portland, OR 97216 · (503) 256-6508 · Multnomah County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Oregon public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
18.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
105%
378 students
DISTRICT 105% · 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 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
30.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
24.6%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.6% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 24.8% |
% 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 →
Where Ventura Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #455 of 591 | #55 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #459 of 646 ▼ 3 | #67 of 109 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #491 of 646 ▼ 25 | #76 of 109 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #289 of 710 | #48 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #447 of 587 | #79 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.2% | #6 of 587 | #6 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 105% | #37 of 645 | #26 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #306 of 493 | #62 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
361
+16 (+5%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 361 | 19.4 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 370 | 19.9 | 18.6:1 | 79% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 77% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 70% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 23 | 20.9:1 | 77% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 25 | 21.0:1 | 82% (432) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 27 | 19.8:1 | 57% (303) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 20 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ventura Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (431 to 361); teachers down 23% (25 to 19.4).
About Ventura Park Elementary School
Ventura Park Elementary School is a public elementary school run by David Douglas SD 40 in Portland, Oregon. The latest federal count shows 361 students in pre-K through 5.
David Douglas SD 40 is the district for Ventura Park Elementary School. It has 14 schools and 8,716 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Ventura Park Elementary School is White (32%). Other groups make up 28% Hispanic, 16% Black, 10% Asian, and 10% multiracial. Multnomah County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school's share is lower. Ventura Park Elementary School has a diversity index of 77%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Ventura Park Elementary School operates with 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 18.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1.
Ventura Park Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 21.9% at Ventura Park Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.1%.
Across Multnomah County, median household income is about $88,766, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Ventura Park Elementary School is among the 169 public schools in Multnomah County.
Nearest public school: Floyd Light Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Ventura Park Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Ventura Park Elementary School at 3rd of 5.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 361 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 345. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 18.6:1, from 16.4:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in David Douglas SD 40
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Ron Russell Middle SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Floyd Light Middle SchoolMiddle · 684 students
- Alice Ott Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Gilbert Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Mill Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
Other schools in Portland
- 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
- Floyd Light Middle School0.5 mi · 684
- Menlo Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 355
- Mill Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 494
- David Douglas High School0.9 mi · 2,756
- Cherry Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 442
- Sacramento Elementary School1.2 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About Ventura Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ventura Park Elementary School?
Ventura Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ventura Park Elementary School serve?
Ventura Park Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ventura Park Elementary School?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Ventura Park Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ventura Park Elementary School?
At Ventura Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 28% Hispanic, 16% Black, 10% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Ventura Park Elementary School?
Ventura Park Elementary School is overseen by David Douglas SD 40 in Multnomah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.