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Enrollment
564
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000944
Vernon Elementary School
2044 NE Killingsworth St, Portland, OR 97211 · (503) 916-6415 · Multnomah County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% 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.
- BBeats 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
18.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
235 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
64%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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.1%
OR avg 43.0% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
53.5%
OR avg 31.8% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.1% | 53.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 45.1% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Vernon Elementary School
Vernon Elementary School's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Elementary School this school | 564 | 41.7% | 49.6% |
| Sabin Elementary School Portland | 293 | 43.3% | 56.8% |
| Peninsula Elementary School Portland | 235 | 41.7% | 40.4% |
| Beach Elementary School Portland | 295 | 42.0% | 48.6% |
| Astor Elementary School Portland | 413 | 42.6% | 46.4% |
| Chapman Elementary School Portland | 353 | 41.4% | 43.7% |
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 Vernon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #126 of 591 | #30 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #107 of 646 ▲ 77 | #32 of 109 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #144 of 646 ▲ 43 | #38 of 109 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #33 of 710 | #6 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #417 of 587 | #72 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #107 of 587 | #54 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.7% | #613 of 645 | #90 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #40 of 88 | #4 of 13 |
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
564
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 564 | 30.9 | 18.3:1 | 42% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 30.2 | 19.2:1 | 65% (374) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 30.3 | 18.3:1 | 65% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 36 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 27.8 | 18.8:1 | 36% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 43% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 73% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 91% (456) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 31 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vernon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (522 to 564); teachers up 11% (27.8 to 30.9).
About Vernon Elementary School
Vernon Elementary School is a large elementary school in Portland, Oregon, administered by Portland SD 1J. Total enrollment is 564 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 8. By comparison, elementary schools in Oregon enroll about 321 students on average.
Portland SD 1J is made up of 86 schools with 41,894 students in all.
White students are 54% of those enrolled at Vernon Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Black, 16% multiracial, and 12% Hispanic. In Multnomah County overall, about 68% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Oregon, 16.5:1, is lower. Vernon Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 42%. Among public schools in Multnomah County, the average eligibility rate is 75%.
On the allk12 Grade, Vernon Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 70% of Oregon public elementary schools.
In Oregon, Vernon Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 49.6% actual against a predicted 46.4%.
The school is in Multnomah County, where the median household earns about $88,766 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Multnomah County, 169 public schools serve about 81,096 students.
Among nearby public schools, Rivercrest Academy is closest at about 0.5 miles. Vernon Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Vernon Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Vernon Elementary School had 570 students in 2020-21 and 564 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.8:1 to 18.3:1 over the same years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Vernon Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 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
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
Other Vernon Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Vernon Elementary. Vernon Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLVERNON, FL · 621 students
- Vernon Elementary SchoolVERNON, TX · 494 students
- Vernon Elementary SchoolVernon, AL · 277 students
- Vernon ElementaryKenosha, WI · 249 students
- Vernon Elementary SchoolVernon, VT · 170 students
Nearby schools
- Rivercrest Academy0.5 mi · 12
- Faubion Elementary School0.7 mi · 585
- Sabin Elementary School0.7 mi · 293
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School0.8 mi · 312
- Woodlawn Elementary School1.0 mi · 306
- Alameda Elementary School1.1 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Vernon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Vernon Elementary School?
Vernon Elementary School enrolls approximately 564 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Vernon Elementary School serve?
Vernon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Vernon Elementary School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Vernon Elementary School.
How diverse is Vernon Elementary School?
Vernon Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 12% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Vernon Elementary School in?
Vernon Elementary School is part of Portland SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.