Whitcomb Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary campus in Milwaukie, Oregon, Whitcomb Elementary School teaches 415 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within North Clackamas SD 12. That puts it 29% bigger than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 321 students.

North Clackamas SD 12 runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 16,837 students. Whitcomb Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Whitcomb Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 34% White, 11% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Clackamas County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Clackamas County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whitcomb Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.9%; this one comes in at 12.1%, -27.9 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Clackamas County indicate median household income runs about $103,517, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Whitcomb Elementary School is one of 118 public schools in Clackamas County (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students).

Clackamas Middle College is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whitcomb Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Whitcomb Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Whitcomb Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 422 (now 415). The White share of enrollment decreased from 44% to 34% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Whitcomb Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.