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What tradition at Witch Hazel Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBORO SD 1J·NCES 410002301202
Witch Hazel Elementary School
4950 SE Davis Rd, Hillsboro, OR 97123 · (503) 844-1610 · Washington County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Oregon public elementary schools
- DTest 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
18.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
300 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 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 30% smaller than its 6th grade class (69).
Student demographics
53%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
24.5%
OR avg 43.0% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
9.2%
OR avg 31.8% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.5% | 9.2% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 13.6% |
% 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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 Witch Hazel Elementary School
Witch Hazel Elementary School's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witch Hazel Elementary School this school | 426 | 70.4% | 18.3% |
| Free Orchards Elementary School Cornelius | 385 | 70.9% | 14.0% |
| William Walker Elementary School Portland | 523 | 72.8% | 20.2% |
| Highland Elementary School Gresham | 465 | 83.0% | 14.2% |
| Eastwood Elementary School Hillsboro | 361 | 72.3% | 14.9% |
| Minter Bridge Elementary School Hillsboro | 334 | 69.5% | 15.8% |
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 Witch Hazel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #529 of 591 | #77 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #635 of 646 ▼ 37 | #89 of 89 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #557 of 646 ▼ 69 | #78 of 89 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #155 of 710 | #30 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #419 of 587 | #68 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #271 of 587 | #66 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #372 of 645 | #26 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #286 of 493 | #50 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
426
-65 (-13%) vs 2020
+134% since 2000-01, when it was 182
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 426 | 23.3 | 18.3:1 | 70% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 68% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 68% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 24 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 28 | 18.4:1 | 73% (377) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 29 | 20.0:1 | 73% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 69% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 182 | 9 | 20.2:1 | 47% (85) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Witch Hazel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (515 to 426); teachers down 17% (28 to 23.3).
About Witch Hazel Elementary School
Witch Hazel Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Hillsboro, Oregon. In all, 426 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 33% larger than the 321-student average for elementary schools in Oregon.
Witch Hazel Elementary School is one school in Hillsboro SD 1J, a system of 37 schools with 18,465 students.
The student body at Witch Hazel Elementary School is 65% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 19% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Washington County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 47 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at Witch Hazel Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Witch Hazel Elementary School, giving a ratio of 18.3:1. Elementary schools in Oregon have an average ratio of 16.5:1. By family income, 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 57% average among public schools in Washington County.
Among Oregon public elementary schools, Witch Hazel Elementary School outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Witch Hazel Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% of Oregon schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 18.3%. Predicted: 35.2%. Difference: 17.0 points.
American Community Survey estimates for Washington County show that the median household earns about $107,772 a year, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Washington County, 136 public schools serve about 79,469 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, South Meadows Middle School, is the closest to Witch Hazel Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Witch Hazel Elementary School. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Witch Hazel Elementary School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Witch Hazel Elementary School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 13%, from 491 to 426. Students per teacher dropped from 20.5 in 2020-21 to 18.3 in 2024-25.
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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
- South Meadows Middle School0.1 mi · 696
- Rosedale Elementary School0.9 mi · 301
- Century High School1.1 mi · 1,563
- Tamarack Elementary School1.3 mi · 337
- Hillsboro High School1.3 mi · 1,327
- City View Charter School1.3 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Witch Hazel Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Witch Hazel Elementary School?
Witch Hazel Elementary School enrolls approximately 426 students in grades KG-06.
Is Witch Hazel Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Witch Hazel Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Witch Hazel Elementary School have?
Witch Hazel Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Witch Hazel Elementary School?
At Witch Hazel Elementary School, the student body is approximately 19% White, 65% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Witch Hazel Elementary School?
Witch Hazel Elementary School is overseen by Hillsboro SD 1J in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.