Best Elementary Schools in Oregon for African American Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Oregon!

Every year, the Oregon Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Oregon test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the OSAS test scores by the Oregon Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 2, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 19)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
19	Kairos PDX	Public, Charter	K-5	3635 N Williams	Portland	97227	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 567-9820	226	14	16.6	56.6%	15 (6.6%)	137 (60.6%)	25 (11.1%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	42 (18.6%)	$11,301			$1,477			$9,824	0.0%	11.9%	11.90%			411004001830
18	Vernon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2044 NE Killingsworth St	Portland	97211	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 916-6415	564	31	18.2	41.7%	303 (53.7%)	89 (15.8%)	65 (11.5%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (15.8%)	$20,215			$1,920			$18,295	5.3%	87.0%	81.71%			411004000944
17	Boise-Eliot Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	620 N Fremont	Portland	97227	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 916-6171	313	22	14.1	107.0%	68 (21.7%)	140 (44.7%)	57 (18.2%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (13.1%)	$27,256			$3,453			$23,803	10.5%	4.5%	5.99%			411004000876
16	Faubion Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2930 NE Dekum St	Portland	97211	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 916-5686	585	39	15.1	112.1%	161 (27.5%)	138 (23.6%)	178 (30.4%)	6 (1.0%)	4 (0.7%)	16 (2.7%)	78 (13.3%)	$25,004			$2,922			$22,082	15.8%	13.5%	2.33%			411004000890
15	Gilbert Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13132 SE Ramona St	Portland	97236	Multnomah County	David Douglas School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 256-6531	503	21	23.9	105.2%	217 (43.1%)	65 (12.9%)	101 (20.1%)	54 (10.7%)	10 (2.0%)	10 (2.0%)	44 (8.7%)	$23,178			$1,983			$21,195	21.1%	15.7%	5.33%			410394001030
14	Dr. Martin Luther King Junior School	Public	PK, KG-5	4906 NE 6th Ave	Portland	97211	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 916-6456	312	21	15.1	111.5%	80 (25.6%)	97 (31.1%)	66 (21.2%)	9 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	56 (17.9%)	$28,036			$3,222			$24,814	26.3%	46.9%	20.57%			411004000911
13	Glenfair Elementary School	Public	K-5	15300 NE Glisan St	Portland	97230	Multnomah County	Reynolds School District 7	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 491-2720	489	30	16.1	102.9%	72 (14.7%)	106 (21.7%)	179 (36.6%)	66 (13.5%)	9 (1.8%)	21 (4.3%)	36 (7.4%)	$20,230			$2,558			$17,672	31.6%	2.0%	29.60%			411052000999
12	Ventura Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	145 SE 117th Ave	Portland	97216	Multnomah County	David Douglas School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 256-6508	361	19	18.6	104.7%	115 (31.9%)	58 (16.1%)	100 (27.7%)	37 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.9%)	35 (9.7%)	$23,861			$2,298			$21,563	36.8%	21.8%	15.03%			410394001035
11	Prescott Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10410 NE Prescott St	Portland	97220	Multnomah County	Parkrose School District 3	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 408-2150	268	20	13.5	132.1%	73 (27.2%)	63 (23.5%)	90 (33.6%)	6 (2.2%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.9%)	29 (10.8%)	$19,084			$1,842			$17,241	42.1%	12.9%	29.22%			410948000979
10	North Gresham Elementary School	Public	K-5	1001 SE 217th Ave	Gresham	97030	Multnomah County	Gresham-Barlow School District 10J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 661-6415	584	32	18.3	83.0%	146 (25.0%)	61 (10.4%)	253 (43.3%)	27 (4.6%)	2 (0.3%)	22 (3.8%)	72 (12.3%)	$16,265			$1,540			$14,725	47.4%	6.8%	40.57%			410600000992

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on OSAS English Language Arts, OSAS Mathematics, OSAS Science test scores released by the Oregon Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 2, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Oregon Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Oregon Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.