Enrollment
257
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000945
Vestal Elementary School
161 NE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR 97220 · (503) 916-6437 · Multnomah County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
116 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 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
71%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
36.9%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
30.9%
OR avg 31.8% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.9% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Vestal Elementary School
Vestal Elementary School's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vestal Elementary School this school | 257 | 45.1% | 30.5% |
| Beach Elementary School Portland | 295 | 42.0% | 48.6% |
| Chapman Elementary School Portland | 353 | 41.4% | 43.7% |
| Peninsula Elementary School Portland | 235 | 41.7% | 40.4% |
| The Ivy School Portland | 273 | 40.3% | 48.9% |
| Astor Elementary School Portland | 413 | 42.6% | 46.4% |
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 Vestal Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #360 of 591 | #48 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #362 of 646 ▼ 62 | #59 of 109 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #402 of 646 ▲ 11 | #62 of 109 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #492 of 710 | #91 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #56 of 587 | #15 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #42 of 587 | #31 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #578 of 645 | #63 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #152 of 493 | #38 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
257
+29 (+13%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 297
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 257 | 18.5 | 13.9:1 | 45% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 225 | 17.5 | 12.9:1 | 76% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 230 | 18.5 | 12.4:1 | 66% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 27 | 8.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 26.2 | 13.0:1 | 72% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 74% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 77% (346) |
| 2000-01 | 241 | 14 | 17.2:1 | 71% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 20 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vestal Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (341 to 257); teachers down 29% (26.2 to 18.5).
About Vestal Elementary School
Vestal Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Portland, Oregon, (ZIP code 97220). Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 257 students.
Portland SD 1J includes 86 schools. Together they enroll 41,894 students.
Vestal Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 46%. Other students are 19% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 10% Black, and 6% Asian. By comparison, Multnomah County residents are about 68% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 13.9:1 comes from the school's 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.6 students per teacher below the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 45% in 2024-25. That is 30 points below the 75% average for public schools in Multnomah County.
Vestal Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.5% is 14.5 points below the 45.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Multnomah County, the median household income is $88,766, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Vestal Elementary School is one of 169 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Portland Arthur Academy Charter School, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 42.3% on proficiency, and Vestal Elementary School is below that at 30.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 29 more students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 8.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.9:1.
The Vestal Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Other Vestal Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Vestal Elementary. Vestal Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Vestal Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 536 students
Nearby schools
- Portland Arthur Academy Charter School0.6 mi · 165
- Clark Elementary School0.9 mi · 330
- Hassolo School0.9 mi · 6
- Bridger Creative Science School1.0 mi · 474
- Lee Elementary School1.1 mi · 257
- Leodis V. McDaniel High School1.2 mi · 1,681
Frequently asked questions
About Vestal Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Vestal Elementary School?
Vestal Elementary School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Vestal Elementary School serve?
Vestal Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vestal Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vestal Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Vestal Elementary School?
Vestal Elementary School reports a student body of 46% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Vestal Elementary School?
Vestal Elementary School is overseen by Portland SD 1J in Multnomah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.