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What's something Whitcomb Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH CLACKAMAS SD 12·NCES 410883000080
Whitcomb Elementary School
7400 SE Thompson Rd, Milwaukie, OR 97222 · (503) 353-5660 · Clackamas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Oregon public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
242 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
67%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
17.3%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
8.1%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 | 17.3% | 8.1% |
| 2023-24 | 17.1% | 7.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
12.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Whitcomb Elementary School
Whitcomb Elementary School's state test result (12.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitcomb Elementary School this school | 415 | 58.3% | 12.1% |
| Kinnaman Elementary School Beaverton | 471 | 53.5% | 23.1% |
| Charles F Tigard Elementary School Tigard | 460 | 57.4% | 37.7% |
| Garfield Elementary School Corvallis | 378 | 57.1% | 32.6% |
| James Templeton Elementary School Tigard | 543 | 63.2% | 35.7% |
| Milwaukie El Puente Elementary School Milwaukie | 408 | 58.8% | 33.2% |
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 Whitcomb Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #576 of 591 | #63 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.1% | #641 of 646 ▼ 4 | #66 of 66 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #620 of 646 ▼ 5 | #66 of 66 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #181 of 710 | #25 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #240 of 587 | #23 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #79 of 587 | #8 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #492 of 645 | #32 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #482 of 493 | #41 of 43 |
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
415
+61 (+17%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 415 | 25.3 | 16.4:1 | 58% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 25.3 | 17.2:1 | 71% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 23.1 | 17.4:1 | 71% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 354 | 23 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 25.3 | 16.7:1 | 86% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 86% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 26 | 19.9:1 | 82% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 23 | 22.2:1 | 61% (312) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 20 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitcomb Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (422 to 415); teachers unchanged (25.3 to 25.3).
About Whitcomb Elementary School
Whitcomb Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in North Clackamas SD 12, located in Milwaukie, Oregon. The school's enrollment of 415 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students each.
Whitcomb Elementary School is in North Clackamas SD 12, a district with 16,837 students across 31 schools.
The most common group at Whitcomb Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 44%. Other groups include 34% White, 11% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 10% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.4:1, with 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Oregon average 16.5:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Whitcomb Elementary School is 58%. On average, public schools in Clackamas County report 50%.
Measured against Oregon public elementary schools, Whitcomb Elementary School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 39.9% for Whitcomb Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 12.1%. The 27.9-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Oregon schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Clackamas County, the median household income is $103,517, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clackamas County is home to 118 public schools and about 57,601 public school students.
Nearby, Clackamas Middle College is about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Whitcomb Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Whitcomb Elementary School is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Whitcomb Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 415, a 17% increase from 354 in 2020-21. The ratio was 15.4:1 in 2020-21 and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Clackamas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
423,975
Census ACS
Median income
$103,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
57,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Clackamas SD 12
- Adrienne C. Nelson High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Clackamas High SchoolHigh · 1,280 students
- Happy Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,158 students
- Putnam High SchoolHigh · 1,060 students
- Rock Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Milwaukie High SchoolHigh · 874 students
Other schools in Milwaukie
- Putnam High SchoolHigh · 1,060 students
- Milwaukie High SchoolHigh · 874 students
- Alder Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
- Rowe Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
- Milwaukie El Puente Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Ardenwald Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
Nearby schools
- Clackamas Middle College0.6 mi · 305
- Sojourner School0.8 mi · 159
- Linwood Elementary School0.8 mi · 259
- Mount Scott Elementary School1.1 mi · 416
- Clackamas Web Academy1.1 mi · 529
- Lewelling Elementary School1.2 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Whitcomb Elementary SchoolHow large is Whitcomb Elementary School?
Whitcomb Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Whitcomb Elementary School serve?
Whitcomb Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Whitcomb Elementary School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Whitcomb Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Whitcomb Elementary School?
Student demographics at Whitcomb Elementary School are roughly 34% White, 44% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Whitcomb Elementary School in?
Whitcomb Elementary School is part of North Clackamas SD 12.
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