Summary
Cedar Mill Elementary School is a K–5 school in Portland, Oregon, serving roughly 350 students as part of Beaverton School District 48J, and in 2025–26 it ranked 69th of 709 Oregon elementary schools — the top 10% statewide — while earning 5 stars.
Academically, Cedar Mill is well above both district and state averages. In 2025–26, 65.8% of all students met standards in English language arts, 61.3% in math, and 61.8% in science, compared with district rates of 53.4%, 43.7%, and 37.7% and state rates of 43.8%, 32.9%, and 30.6%. The school's results are strongest in the upper grades: 5th graders scored 77.9% in ELA, 69.1% in math, and 61.8% in science, and 4th grade is also solid. Third grade is the exception — 53.4% in ELA and 50.0% in math, just below district averages though still above the state. Families comparing nearby options should know that the local peer group is unusually strong: Forest Park (88.4% ELA), Hope Chinese Charter (84.5%), Findley (74.8%), Bonny Slope (74.6%), and Ridgewood (72.0%) all post higher all-grades ELA scores, placing Cedar Mill in the upper-middle of this group.
Chronic absenteeism is Cedar Mill's clearest relative weakness. At 19.2% in 2024–25 it beats the district (28.7%) and state (33.5%) by a wide margin, but it is higher than Findley (9.2%), West Tualatin View (12.3%), and Terra Linda (12.8%), and it rose from 15.4% the prior year. Results are not uniform across groups: low-income students rank 29th of 521 schools statewide (94th percentile, 5 stars), while gifted-identified students rank 27th of 70 (61st percentile, 3 stars). Cedar Mill spends $19,859 per student — less than Raleigh Park, Ridgewood, and Terra Linda — with a student–teacher ratio of 17. Note that reported free/reduced-lunch eligibility jumped from 17.93% to 50.57% in one year, which appears to reflect a change in reporting rather than demographics, so year-over-year comparisons should be made carefully.
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