William Walker Elementary School

William Walker Elementary School is one of the well-populated elementary campuss in Portland, Oregon, part of Beaverton SD 48J, with 523 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 321 students each, so William Walker Elementary School sits 63% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 56 schools in Beaverton SD 48J (37,479 students total), William Walker Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, William Walker Elementary School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%; the rest looks like 25% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.5:1, putting William Walker Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at William Walker Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Washington County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, William Walker Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 20.2%, a residual of -14.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $107,772, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), William Walker Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cedar Park Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts William Walker Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.0%.

William Walker Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. William Walker Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 474 (now 523). Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 72% to 61%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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