Linwood Elementary School

Linwood Elementary School is a K–5 school serving 259 students at 11909 SE Linwood Ave in Milwaukie, Oregon, part of North Clackamas School District 12, and it is one of the smaller elementary schools in its immediate area. Its current standing is the most important fact for families: for 2025-26 it ranks 688th of 709 Oregon elementary schools — the 3rd percentile — with 0 stars. That is not a one-year dip: Linwood sat at the 57th–60th percentile with 3 stars from 2014-15 through 2017-18, fell to the 25th percentile in 2018-19 before the pandemic, and has slid from the 27th to the 13th to the 3rd percentile in three years.

Among ten nearby schools, Linwood Elementary School posts the lowest proficiency in every subject: 18.3% in English language arts, 12.1% in math and 6.9% in science — roughly 25–27 points below the district in ELA, 21 below in math and 23 below in science. Neighbors have held roughly steady, with Ardenwald Elementary School moving from the 50th to the 65th percentile and View Acres Elementary School staying in the 64th–81st range, so this looks like a school-specific trend rather than a neighborhood one. Notably, Linwood spends $25,363 per student and runs a 15.3 student-teacher ratio — among the most favorable in the group — which directs attention to instruction, curriculum and staffing rather than money alone. Chronic absenteeism is the clear bright spot, falling from 47.9% in 2022-23 to 33.5% in 2024-25, exactly at the state average.

Results are broad-based rather than concentrated in one group: boys rank at the 2nd percentile, girls at the 5th, low-income students at the 6th, and special education students at the 22nd, up sharply from the 7th percentile a year earlier. Grade-level data suggests early gaps compound in reading, where the gap to the district widens from 23 points in 3rd grade to 33 points in 5th, while 3rd-grade math is the single weakest spot in the dataset at 8.7%. One unusual fact: Sojourner School operates at the same address with 159 students, 4 stars and 67.6% ELA proficiency, though its profile suggests a different program and applicant pool, so it is not a like-for-like comparison.