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Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBORO SD 1J·NCES 410002301172
W Verne McKinney Elementary School
535 NW Darnielle St, Hillsboro, OR 97124 · (503) 844-1660 · Washington County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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.
- CBeats 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
17.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
275 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 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
55%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
35.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
30.1%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 31.1% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 W Verne McKinney Elementary School
W Verne McKinney Elementary School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W Verne McKinney Elementary School this school | 395 | 69.6% | 29.9% |
| Mooberry Elementary School Hillsboro | 360 | 70.8% | 13.2% |
| Gib Olinger Elementary School Milton-Freewater | 498 | 71.7% | 29.9% |
| Free Orchards Elementary School Cornelius | 385 | 70.9% | 14.0% |
| Minter Bridge Elementary School Hillsboro | 334 | 69.5% | 15.8% |
| William Walker Elementary School Portland | 523 | 72.8% | 20.2% |
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 W Verne McKinney Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #364 of 591 | #65 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #368 of 646 ▼ 9 | #65 of 89 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #428 of 646 ▼ 38 | #67 of 89 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #215 of 710 | #40 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #317 of 587 | #43 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #244 of 587 | #62 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #384 of 645 | #31 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #345 of 493 | #58 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
395
-44 (-10%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 395 | 23.1 | 17.1:1 | 70% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 25.5 | 16.4:1 | 68% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 24.1 | 16.9:1 | 69% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 19 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 23 | 20.1:1 | 79% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 21 | 22.4:1 | 79% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 22 | 22.4:1 | 71% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 24 | 20.1:1 | 40% (195) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W Verne McKinney Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (461 to 395); teachers unchanged (23 to 23.1).
About W Verne McKinney Elementary School
W Verne McKinney Elementary School is an elementary school in Hillsboro, Oregon, and it is part of Hillsboro SD 1J. Its 395 students are spread across kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Oregon is about 321 students.
Hillsboro SD 1J has 18,465 students in 37 schools, and W Verne McKinney Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, W Verne McKinney Elementary School is 59% Hispanic. It is also 31% White and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Washington County is roughly 19% Hispanic. By the diversity index, W Verne McKinney Elementary School comes in at 55%.
Teachers at W Verne McKinney Elementary School total 23.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.1:1. Elementary schools in Oregon average about 16.5:1, a similar figure. The school counts 275 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 70%. That is 13 points above the 57% average for public schools in Washington County.
W Verne McKinney Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 32% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, W Verne McKinney Elementary School would be expected to post about 35.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.9%.
W Verne McKinney Elementary School is located in Washington County, where median household income is about $107,772, roughly 48% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 136 public schools in Washington County, with a combined enrollment of about 79,469.
Hillsboro Online Academy is the public school closest to W Verne McKinney Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. W Verne McKinney Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. W Verne McKinney Elementary School's average proficiency of 29.9% compares with 32.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, W Verne McKinney Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
W Verne McKinney Elementary School saw enrollment fall 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 23.1 to 17.1 over 4 years.
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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 Hillsboro
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,563 students
- Glencoe High SchoolHigh · 1,492 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,459 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Beaverton Academy of Science and EngineeringHigh · 852 students
- Evergreen Jr High SchoolMiddle · 728 students
Nearby schools
- Hillsboro Online Academy0.5 mi · 322
- Glencoe High School0.8 mi · 1,492
- Lincoln Street Elementary School1.0 mi · 397
- Paul L Patterson Elementary School1.1 mi · 351
- Jackson Elementary School1.1 mi · 382
- Mooberry Elementary School1.2 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About W Verne McKinney Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at W Verne McKinney Elementary School?
W Verne McKinney Elementary School enrolls approximately 395 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does W Verne McKinney Elementary School serve?
W Verne McKinney Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at W Verne McKinney Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at W Verne McKinney Elementary School is approximately 17.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is W Verne McKinney Elementary School?
W Verne McKinney Elementary School reports a student body of 31% White, 59% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is W Verne McKinney Elementary School in?
W Verne McKinney Elementary School is part of Hillsboro SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.