Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Summary:

Gilbert Heights Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Portland, Oregon, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 420 students. The school is part of the David Douglas School District, which is ranked 102 out of 140 school districts in Oregon and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Gilbert Heights Elementary School consistently underperforms compared to the district and state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 30% of 3rd graders, 37.7% of 4th graders, and 40% of 5th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the district averages of 31.6%, 31.7%, and 32.9%, respectively. The school's performance in Mathematics is even lower, with only 23.3% of 3rd graders, 33.3% of 4th graders, and 10.9% of 5th graders achieving proficiency, compared to the district's 27.3%, 27.5%, and 17.6% respectively. The school also struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of Oregon elementary schools for male students and Asian students in ELA, and in the bottom 15% for African American students in ELA in the 2018-2019 school year.

When comparing Gilbert Heights Elementary School to other nearby schools within the David Douglas School District, it becomes evident that the school is underperforming. For example, Cherry Park Elementary School, which is only 1.73 miles away, consistently outperforms Gilbert Heights in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. Despite the school's academic struggles, the per-student spending at Gilbert Heights Elementary School ($19,863 in 2021-2022) is higher than the district average and some of the nearby schools, suggesting that the issue may not be solely related to funding, but rather the effective allocation and utilization of resources.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 12839 SE Holgate Blvd
       Portland, OR  97236-3909


(503) 256-6502

District: David Douglas School District 40

SchoolDigger Rank:
518th of 710 Oregon Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $19,863 Help


Students who attend Gilbert Heights Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Alice Ott Middle School
High:    David Douglas High School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.8 Help
Number of students:  420

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
29.3%
White:
28.1%
Asian:
17.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  76.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Gilbert Heights Elementary School ranks worse than 73% of elementary schools in Oregon. It also ranks 4th among 10 ranked elementary schools in the David Douglas School District 40. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.56. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Gilbert Heights Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (29.3%), White (28.1%), Asian (17.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 76.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Gilbert Heights Elementary School is 18.8. 5 elementary schools in the David Douglas School District 40 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Gilbert Heights Elementary School is $19,863. 8 elementary schools in the David Douglas School District 40 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Gilbert Heights Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Gilbert Heights Elementary School 518th of 710 Oregon public elementary schools. (See Gilbert Heights Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


English Language Learner students:
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David Douglas School District 40:

SchoolDigger ranks David Douglas School District 40 102nd of 140 Oregon school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Gilbert Heights Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 51.00 316th 586 46.1%
2005 41.44 423rd 629 32.8%
2006 61.52 257th 636 59.6%
2007 46.38 364th 652 44.2%
2008 51.60 346th 655 47.2%
2009 26.62 548th 665 17.6%
2010 31.20 526th 674 22.0%
2011 48.81 381st 695 45.2%
2012 52.97 352nd 730 51.8%
2013 49.46 370th 707 47.7%
2014 28.37 541st 695 22.2%
2015 17.44 627th 706 11.2%
2016 22.27 585th 697 16.1%
2017 26.22 546th 701 22.1%
2018 30.45 512th 709 27.8%
2019 40.63 407th 705 42.3%
2022 14.30 642nd 706 9.1%
2023 20.52 586th 706 17.0%
2024 27.56 518th 710 27.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.45 188th 212 11.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.71 61st 179 65.9%
2019 60.21 23rd 97 76.3%
2022 38.96 44th 80 45.0%
2023 55.09 26th 87 70.1%
2024 61.63 14th 97 85.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.01 391st 481 18.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.68 433rd 640 32.3%
2019 48.71 289th 597 51.6%
2022 14.31 639th 703 9.1%
2023 30.02 439th 595 26.2%
2024 41.84 299th 523 42.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.71 535th 681 21.4%
2019 32.50 446th 621 28.2%
2022 23.85 512th 646 20.7%
2023 34.24 419th 652 35.7%
2024 36.59 403rd 658 38.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.61 452nd 680 33.5%
2019 50.28 285th 623 54.3%
2022 10.94 624th 654 4.6%
2023 10.91 633rd 665 4.8%
2024 19.44 574th 662 13.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.72 49th 86 43.0%
2019 48.67 26th 48 45.8%
2022 8.54 37th 39 5.1%
2023 12.56 35th 39 10.3%
2024 25.36 34th 41 17.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.78 21st 39 46.2%
2019 54.37 5th 22 77.3%
2022 26.14 14th 15 6.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.49 320th 475 32.6%
2019 50.40 170th 364 53.3%
2022 34.45 225th 339 33.6%
2023 39.25 216th 360 40.0%
2024 43.59 191st 365 47.7%
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Rank History for White students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.00 521st 683 23.7%
2019 40.19 409th 662 38.2%
2022 16.89 595th 666 10.7%
2023 32.97 443rd 656 32.5%
2024 27.58 500th 670 25.4%
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Data source: test scores: Oregon Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Oregon Department of Education

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by a parent
Friday, September 16, 2016

Open Quote I have 5 kids and they have all gone through this school. The teachers and the staff are all great! Close Quote


by a student
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Open Quote I was a special needs student who fell through the cracks. I was treated poorly by several staff and students and my struggles were rarely acknowledged by staff to my mother. They never tried to evaluate me for any learning disabilities and declared me to have 'school phobia' when I started not coming ( I was having really bad anxiety/etc toward the middle of fifth grade ). I'm an adult now and I'm honestly amazed now that I look back that none of the staff were fired or suspended. ( I'm 19 this year. I went to Gilbert Heights from first grade to fifth grade. ) Close Quote



Enrollment information for Gilbert Heights Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 409 15 30 4 0 n/a n/a 0 458
1989 456 15 23 6 0 n/a n/a 0 500
1990 440 8 17 11 0 n/a n/a 0 476
1991 439 6 18 18 1 n/a n/a 0 482
1992 432 8 28 15 1 n/a n/a 0 484
1993 459 9 31 22 3 n/a n/a 0 524
1994 447 6 28 20 3 n/a n/a 0 504
1995 472 19 38 25 1 n/a n/a 0 555
1996 472 19 38 25 1 n/a n/a 0 555
1997 504 19 36 29 1 n/a n/a 0 589
1998 511 16 39 43 2 n/a n/a 0 611
1999 513 17 38 40 2 n/a n/a 0 610
2000 523 22 41 54 1 n/a n/a 0 641
2001 516 25 46 54 3 n/a n/a 0 644
2002 490 30 55 85 9 n/a n/a 0 669
2003 490 30 55 85 9 n/a n/a 0 669
2004 476 36 61 93 6 n/a n/a 0 672
2005 455 57 62 100 7 n/a n/a 7 688
2006 382 64 60 74 5 n/a n/a 0 585
2007 361 59 60 74 9 n/a n/a 24 587
2008 356 60 72 85 12 n/a n/a 31 616
2009 323 67 75 84 8 n/a n/a 40 597
2010 289 43 81 100 5 n/a n/a 32 550
2011 263 45 76 107 4 11 30 0 536
2012 276 56 96 125 3 9 38 0 603
2013 278 44 105 134 3 9 36 0 609
2014 284 61 101 150 5 12 48 0 661
2015 249 60 97 139 8 11 47 0 611
2016 245 58 104 134 6 13 42 0 602
2017 225 66 122 139 10 18 36 0 616
2018 210 80 117 139 6 23 34 0 609
2019 195 87 101 142 2 27 43 0 597
2020 184 72 93 138 1 20 42 0 550
2021 152 71 95 127 2 20 37 0 504
2022 125 71 86 121 0 19 34 1 457
2023 118 56 74 123 0 12 36 1 420

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Gilbert Heights Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 458 22.5 20.3 31.7
1989 500 22.3 22.4 31
1990 476 22.1 21.5 23.1
1991 482 22.1 21.8 23.9
1992 484 17.5 27.6 25
1993 524 23.6 22.2 28.1
1994 504 24.8 20.3 29.4
1995 555 25.1 22.1 33.2
1996 555 25.1 22.1 33.2
1997 589 25.0 23.6 32.6
1998 611 26.8 22.8 40.8
1999 610 27.8 21.9 53.4
2000 641 32.2 19.9 61.9
2001 644 30.5 21.1 38.7
2002 669 29.7 22.5 59.8
2003 669 29.7 22.5 59.8
2004 672 29.2 23.0 65.2
2005 688 29.5 23.3 78.9
2006 585 28.0 20.9 77.3
2007 587 30.4 19.3 81.3
2008 616 27.7 22.2 81.7
2009 597 28.4 21.0 84.4
2010 550 26.3 20.8 85.9
2011 536 25.0 21.3 81.9
2012 603 27.1 22.2 79.9
2013 609 26.5 22.9 80.6
2014 661 27.8 23.7 81.1
2015 611 28.0 21.8 79.1
2016 602 28.0 21.5 76.2
2017 616 27.0 22.8 76.3
2018 609 26.9 22.5 76.7
2019 597 27.0 22.1 74.4
2020 550 26.4 20.8 75.5
2021 504 23.9 21.0 n/a
2022 457 19.7 23.1 n/a
2023 420 22.2 18.8 76.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Gilbert Heights Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 458 22.5 20.3 31.7
1989 500 22.3 22.4 31
1990 476 22.1 21.5 23.1
1991 482 22.1 21.8 23.9
1992 484 17.5 27.6 25
1993 524 23.6 22.2 28.1
1994 504 24.8 20.3 29.4
1995 555 25.1 22.1 33.2
1996 555 25.1 22.1 33.2
1997 589 25.0 23.6 32.6
1998 611 26.8 22.8 40.8
1999 610 27.8 21.9 53.4
2000 641 32.2 19.9 61.9
2001 644 30.5 21.1 38.7
2002 669 29.7 22.5 59.8
2003 669 29.7 22.5 59.8
2004 672 29.2 23.0 65.2
2005 688 29.5 23.3 78.9
2006 585 28.0 20.9 77.3
2007 587 30.4 19.3 81.3
2008 616 27.7 22.2 81.7
2009 597 28.4 21.0 84.4
2010 550 26.3 20.8 85.9
2011 536 25.0 21.3 81.9
2012 603 27.1 22.2 79.9
2013 609 26.5 22.9 80.6
2014 661 27.8 23.7 81.1
2015 611 28.0 21.8 79.1
2016 602 28.0 21.5 76.2
2017 616 27.0 22.8 76.3
2018 609 26.9 22.5 76.7
2019 597 27.0 22.1 74.4
2020 550 26.4 20.8 75.5
2021 504 23.9 21.0 n/a
2022 457 19.7 23.1 n/a
2023 420 22.2 18.8 76.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Gilbert Heights Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 n/a n/a $15,281
2020 n/a n/a $15,724
2021 n/a n/a $17,940
2022 $2,682 (13.5%) $17,181 (86.5%) $19,863

Data source: Oregon Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Gilbert Heights Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 407th of 705 Elementary schoolsRanks 586th of 706 Elementary schools
 25.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Gilbert Heights Elementary School)44.428.3
 16.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (David Douglas School District 40)38.927.8
 11.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Oregon)46.539.4
 7.1%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Gilbert Heights Elementary School)42.931.5
 11.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (David Douglas School District 40)37.526.7
 10.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Oregon)46.439.7
 6.7%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Gilbert Heights Elementary School)42.227.7
 14.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (David Douglas School District 40)41.431.5
 9.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon)49.242.3
 6.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Gilbert Heights Elementary School)3620
 16%
   4th Grade Mathematics (David Douglas School District 40)34.123.9
 10.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Oregon)43.237.6
 5.6%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Gilbert Heights Elementary School)52.832.1
 20.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (David Douglas School District 40)50.235.6
 14.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon)5447.1
 6.9%
5th Grade Mathematics (Gilbert Heights Elementary School)34.516
 18.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (David Douglas School District 40)29.417.9
 11.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Oregon)37.830.7
 7.1%
5th Grade Science (Gilbert Heights Elementary School)30.614.6
 16%
   5th Grade Science (David Douglas School District 40)28.918.7
 10.2%
   5th Grade Science (Oregon)34.730.3
 4.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students597420
 29.6%
African American8756
 35.6%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian10174
 26.7%
Hispanic142123
 13.4%
Pacific Islander2712
 55.6%
White195118
 39.5%
Two or More Races4336
 16.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients74.4%76.2%
 1.8%


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Students who attend Gilbert Heights Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Alice Ott Middle School
High : David Douglas High School

Students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School are 29% Hispanic, 28% White, 18% Asian, 13% African American, 9% Two or more races, 3% Pacific Islander.

In the 2022-23 school year, 420 students attended Gilbert Heights Elementary School.

Gilbert Heights Elementary School ranks 518th of 710 Oregon elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.


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

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