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Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Q: Is Gilbert Heights Elementary School a good school?

Gilbert Heights Elementary School ranks in the bottom 19.3% of Oregon elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Gilbert Heights Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 405 students attended Gilbert Heights Elementary School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Gilbert Heights Elementary School?

Students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School are 31% Hispanic, 22% White, 19% Asian, 14% African American, 11% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

572^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 709 Oregon Elementary Schools

Better than 19% of Oregon elementary schools

Summary

Gilbert Heights Elementary School is a PK–5 school at 12839 SE Holgate Blvd in outer southeast Portland, serving 405 students as part of David Douglas School District 40. By state standards it ranks in the bottom fifth of Oregon elementary schools — 572nd of 709, or the 19th percentile, with a 1-star rating — and its district ranks 107th of 141, so the school's results sit inside a generally low-performing local landscape.

On 2025-2026 state tests, 29.0% of students met standards in English language arts, 24.6% in math, and 16.7% in science, compared with state rates of 43.8%, 32.9% and 30.6%. Math exactly matches the district average; ELA and science fall below it. Results vary by grade: 3rd grade ELA (37.5%) is the one clear bright spot, beating the district by about 7 points, while 4th grade ELA (18.4%) is far below it. Gilbert Heights ranks 5th of 10 nearby schools. Cherry Park Elementary School, in the same district 1.73 miles away, has roughly double the ELA proficiency (55.0%), and Arthur Academy posts 68.8% — showing a low-ranked district does not dictate a single school's results. The closest neighbor, Gilbert Park Elementary School, sits just below Gilbert Heights.

The school's standout success is attendance: chronic absenteeism fell from 46.3% to 29.1% in two years, now better than both district (34.5%) and state (33.5%). That improvement has not yet shown up in test scores. The school serves students with disabilities well — that group now ranks at the 77th percentile — while English learners slipped from the 86th to the 46th percentile, and male students remain near the bottom at the 9th percentile. Per-student spending has risen about 37% in three years to $27,183, the 4th-highest locally, without matching gains in achievement. Grade-level results come from small cohorts (roughly 70–90 students), so year-to-year swings should be read with care.

405

Students ?

18.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,183

Per pupil spending ?

67.9%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

89.5%

Students (K-12) with all required vaccines (2025-26)

Exemptions: 5.6% (any vaccine)

12839 SE Holgate Blvd
Portland, OR 97236-3909

(503) 256-6502

District: David Douglas School District 40

Students who attend Gilbert Heights Elementary School usually attend:

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

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

30.9%

White:

22.5%

Asian:

19.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 11th percentile in 2015 → 19th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Oregon average (25% vs 37% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school25%

District avg29%

Oregon avg37%

572^nd of 709

Oregon public elementary schools ?

Bottom 19%▲ up 3 pts since 2016

From bottom 16% (2016) to bottom 19% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 10Elementary Schools in the David Douglas School District 40

107^th of 141David Douglas School District 40 among Oregon districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	22.1	572 of 709	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.4	573 of 706	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.6	518 of 710	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.5	586 of 706	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	642 of 706	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	40.6	407 of 705	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.4	512 of 709	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	26.2	546 of 701	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	22.3	585 of 697	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.4	627 of 706	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	28.4	541 of 695	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	49.5	370 of 707	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2012	53.0	352 of 730	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2011	48.8	381 of 695	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2010	31.2	526 of 674	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	26.6	548 of 665	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	51.6	346 of 655	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2007	46.4	364 of 652	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	61.5	257 of 636	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2005	41.4	423 of 629	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2004	51.0	316 of 586	46.1%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2022	26.1	14 of 15	6.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	54.4	5 of 22	77.3%	★★★★☆
2018	38.8	21 of 39	46.2%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	26.4	31 of 43	27.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	27.0	27 of 38	28.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.4	34 of 41	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.6	35 of 39	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.5	37 of 39	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	48.7	26 of 48	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	56.7	49 of 86	43.0%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	41.2	58 of 107	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	58.6	26 of 101	74.3%	★★★★☆
2024	61.6	14 of 97	85.6%	★★★★☆
2023	55.1	26 of 87	70.1%	★★★★☆
2022	39.0	44 of 80	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	60.2	23 of 97	76.3%	★★★★☆
2018	47.7	61 of 179	65.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	33.7	430 of 655	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	26.4	500 of 653	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.6	403 of 658	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.2	419 of 652	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	23.8	512 of 646	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.5	446 of 621	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.7	535 of 681	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	32.8	268 of 377	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	30.4	266 of 362	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	43.6	191 of 365	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.2	216 of 360	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.5	225 of 339	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.4	170 of 364	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	34.5	320 of 475	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	29.1	397 of 521	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	33.8	360 of 518	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.8	299 of 523	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.0	439 of 595	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	639 of 703	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	48.7	289 of 597	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.7	433 of 640	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	15.8	598 of 657	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	19.8	570 of 664	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.4	574 of 662	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.9	633 of 665	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.9	624 of 654	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	50.3	285 of 623	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	35.6	452 of 680	33.5%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2018	22.5	188 of 212	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	63.6	81 of 355	77.2%	★★★★☆
2025	34.3	212 of 352	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.0	391 of 481	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	33.2	455 of 670	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	25.1	536 of 669	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.6	500 of 670	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.0	443 of 656	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	16.9	595 of 666	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	40.2	409 of 662	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.0	521 of 683	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2026)77th percentile+58 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)46th percentile+26 vs school

Female (2026)34th percentile+15 vs school

White (2026)32nd percentile+13 vs school

Hispanic (2026)29th percentile+10 vs school

Asian (2026)28th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)24th percentile+4 vs school

Multi-racial (2018)11th percentile-16 vs school

Male (2026)9th percentile-10 vs school

African American (2022)7th percentile~ school

By subject vs Oregon (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts29%-15 vs state

Mathematics25%-8 vs state

Science17%-14 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, September 16, 2016

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

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

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				OSAS English Language Arts (2026)				OSAS Mathematics (2026)				OSAS Science (2026)		Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts All Grades	OSAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	OSAS Mathematics 4th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 5th Grade	OSAS Mathematics All Grades	OSAS Science 5th Grade	OSAS Science All Grades	Vaccination: Students (K-12) with all required vaccines	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Gilbert Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12839 SE Holgate Blvd	Portland	97236	Multnomah County	David Douglas School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 256-6502	405	22	18.1	67.9%	91 (22.5%)	58 (14.3%)	125 (30.9%)	78 (19.3%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.7%)	44 (10.9%)	22.1	572^nd of 709 public elementary schools	19.3%		21.4	573^rd of 706 public elementary schools	18.8%	1	37.5	18.4	32.8	29.0	26.6	23.7	23.9	24.6	16.7	16.7	89.5%	5.6%	$27,183	$2,015	$25,167
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	65.0%	217 (43.1%)	65 (12.9%)	101 (20.1%)	54 (10.7%)	10 (2.0%)	10 (2.0%)	44 (8.7%)	17.6	614^th of 709 public elementary schools	13.4%		19.2	595^th of 706 public elementary schools	15.7%	19	21.3	26.9	33.8	27.2	24.1	20.8	18.4	21.1	17.1	17.1	82.5%	15.3%	$24,590	$1,763	$22,827
West Powellhurst Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2921 SE 116th Ave	Portland	97266	Multnomah County	David Douglas School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 256-6509	364	21	17.4	77.2%	119 (32.7%)	36 (9.9%)	97 (26.6%)	56 (15.4%)	8 (2.2%)	13 (3.6%)	35 (9.6%)	20.8	580^th of 709 public elementary schools	18.2%		16.4	625^th of 706 public elementary schools	11.5%	45	10.3	35.6	30.5	25.6	< 5%	32.8	18.6	17.7	13.6	13.6	84.5%	11.9%	$26,713	$1,920	$24,793
Earl Boyles Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10822 SE Bush	Portland	97266	Multnomah County	David Douglas School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 256-6554	365	23	15.8	64.9%	108 (29.6%)	35 (9.6%)	116 (31.8%)	51 (14.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.6%)	46 (12.6%)	17.3	617^th of 709 public elementary schools	13.0%		19.2	594^th of 706 public elementary schools	15.9%	23	26.4	22.4	28.0	25.7	24.5	22.4	18.4	21.9	18.4	18.4	91.9%	5.8%	$29,487	$1,644	$27,843
Arthur Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	13717 SE Division St	Portland	97236	Multnomah County	David Douglas School District 40	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 252-3753	156	12	13.0	26.3%	64 (41.0%)	16 (10.3%)	22 (14.1%)	32 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.5%)	15 (9.6%)	81.5	105^th of 709 public elementary schools	85.2%		75.7	137^th of 706 public elementary schools	80.6%	32	68.2	65.2	73.7	68.8	36.4	56.5	52.6	48.4	57.9	57.9			$11,111	$1,163	$9,947
Lincoln Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13200 SE Lincoln St	Portland	97233	Multnomah County	David Douglas School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 256-6504	457	25	18.6	68.1%	118 (25.8%)	48 (10.5%)	166 (36.3%)	77 (16.8%)	6 (1.3%)	16 (3.5%)	23 (5.0%)	12.8	663^rd of 709 public elementary schools	6.5%		12.2	659^th of 706 public elementary schools	6.7%	4	26.3	17.9	29.2	23.9	17.7	19.6	13.9	17.3	11.3	11.3	89.2%	8.3%	$25,550	$1,858	$23,692
Mill Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 SE 117th Ave	Portland	97216	Multnomah County	David Douglas School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 256-6507	494	25	19.7	84.2%	103 (20.9%)	68 (13.8%)	170 (34.4%)	92 (18.6%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.1%)	33 (6.7%)	16.4	627^th of 709 public elementary schools	11.6%		22.7	564^th of 706 public elementary schools	20.1%	63	19.7	28.2	30.5	26.4	21.4	20.8	22.2	21.5	11.1	11.1	92.1%	4.2%	$24,570	$1,764	$22,806
Lent Elementary School	Public	K-5	5105 SE 97th Ave	Portland	97266	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 916-6322	256	19	13.5	34.8%	60 (23.4%)	4 (1.6%)	172 (67.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.6%)	56	272^nd of 709 public elementary schools	61.6%		50.2	306^th of 706 public elementary schools	56.7%	34	53.8	58.1	43.4	51.1	51.3	45.2	27.8	40.0	27.8	27.8	96.9%	2.3%	$28,500	$1,604	$26,896
Cherry Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1930 SE 104th Ave	Portland	97216	Multnomah County	David Douglas School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 256-6501	442	26	17.0	63.8%	151 (34.2%)	53 (12.0%)	112 (25.3%)	59 (13.3%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.6%)	56 (12.7%)	62.6	230^th of 709 public elementary schools	67.6%		57.6	257^th of 706 public elementary schools	63.6%	27	54.8	60.3	51.2	55.0	59.7	42.9	36.0	45.7	24.4	24.4	89.6%	8.3%	$35,392	$9,766	$25,626
HOLLA School	Public, Charter	K-5	14513 SE Stark St	Portland	97233	Multnomah County	Reynolds School District 7	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(503) 660-8438	98	4	26.6	63.3%	1 (1.0%)	45 (45.9%)	28 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (22.4%)								(n/a)									12.5	12.5	83.5%	15.6%	$7,371	$441	$6,930

Frequently Asked Questions about Gilbert Heights Elementary School

Is Gilbert Heights Elementary School a good school?

Gilbert Heights Elementary School ranks in the bottom 19.3% of Oregon elementary schools.

How many students attend Gilbert Heights Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 405 students attended Gilbert Heights Elementary School.

What district is Gilbert Heights Elementary School in?

David Douglas School District 40

What is the racial makeup of Gilbert Heights Elementary School?

Students at Gilbert Heights Elementary School are 31% Hispanic, 22% White, 19% Asian, 14% African American, 11% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Gilbert Heights Elementary School attend?

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

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

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