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Rosa Parks Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
695th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 709 Oregon Elementary Schools
Better than 2% of Oregon elementary schools
Summary

Rosa Parks Elementary School is a small PK–5 school in North Portland at 8960 N Woolsey Ave with 172 students, part of Portland School District 1J. It is the smallest school in its comparison group and roughly 40% smaller than the typical nearby elementary.

Although its district is one of Oregon’s strongest (12th of 141 districts), the school has ranked in the bottom 5% of Oregon elementary schools for a full decade, including 695th of 709 schools in 2025–2026. Its 2025–26 proficiency rates are far below both the district and state: 14.8% in English language arts, 12.3% in math, and 10.3% in science. The contrast with nearby schools is stark: Astor Elementary School, about a mile away, has 54.2% ELA proficiency, and Chief Joseph Elementary School has 66.4%. The closest school, Cesar Chavez K-8 School 0.41 miles away, is the only true peer, with similar results (16.3% ELA and 14.7% math).

Half of the school’s students—50.0%—were chronically absent in 2024–25, the highest rate in the comparison group and well above the district (32.5%) and state (33.5%) rates. Resources are actually the most favorable in the group: the school spends $33,324 per student and has 9.7 students per teacher, compared with $22,483–$26,940 per student and ratios of 11.3–18.2 at nearby schools. This means the low results cannot be explained by a lack of funding or large classes relative to peers. For parents, the key takeaway is that this is a long-standing pattern, not a one-year dip; attendance may be the most actionable issue. Because grades are small (about 30–45 students), year-to-year numbers can swing widely, so use the decade-long trend as the more reliable signal.

172
Students ?
9.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$33,324
Per pupil spending ?
118%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 8960 N Woolsey Ave
       Portland, OR  97203-2096

(503) 916-6250

District: Portland School District 1J


Students who attend Rosa Parks Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    George Middle School
High:    Roosevelt High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
37.2%
Hispanic:
36.6%
White:
12.2%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — <1st percentile in 2015 → 2nd in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Oregon average (13% vs 37% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (50% vs 34% Oregon)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school13%
District avg53%
Oregon avg37%
695th of 709
Oregon public elementary schools ?
Bottom 2%▼ down 1 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
60th of 60Elementary Schools in the Portland School District 1J
12th of 141Portland School District 1J 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
20267.2695 of 7092.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.4689 of 7062.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.9679 of 7104.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.2686 of 7062.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.8706 of 7060.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.3692 of 7051.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.6672 of 7095.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20178.4673 of 7014.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20168.2674 of 6973.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20153.4703 of 7060.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20141.4695 of 6950.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20134.9697 of 7071.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20121.0730 of 7300.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20113.2689 of 6950.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20105.9660 of 6742.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200913.6622 of 6656.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20087.9639 of 6552.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200719.0588 of 6529.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200656.0314 of 63650.6%★★★☆☆
200561.7242 of 62961.5%★★★☆☆
200460.2231 of 58660.6%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202413.913 of 130.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201927.420 of 229.1%★☆☆☆☆
201834.429 of 3925.6%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202327.276 of 8712.6%★☆☆☆☆
201828.4142 of 17920.7%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
20269.4636 of 6552.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.2650 of 6530.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.6638 of 6583.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.7649 of 6520.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.0640 of 6460.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.7598 of 6213.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.3604 of 68111.3%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202530.0268 of 36226.0%★☆☆☆☆
202426.6306 of 36516.2%★☆☆☆☆
202316.2347 of 3603.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.0331 of 3392.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201952.4151 of 36458.5%★★★☆☆
201833.7333 of 47529.9%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202611.8515 of 5211.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202522.7452 of 51812.7%★☆☆☆☆
202424.0449 of 52314.1%★☆☆☆☆
202310.7576 of 5953.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.8703 of 7030.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.2572 of 5974.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.7587 of 6408.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202610.9628 of 6574.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.6635 of 6644.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.6608 of 6628.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.0632 of 6655.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.3653 of 6540.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.7592 of 6235.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.9673 of 6801.0%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
201843.9390 of 68342.9%★★☆☆☆
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)
White (2018)43rd percentile+38 vs school
Hispanic (2025)26th percentile+24 vs school
English Language Learner (2023)13th percentile+10 vs school
Male (2026)4th percentile~ school
Female (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school
African American (2024)<1st percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs Oregon (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts15%-29 vs state
Mathematics12%-21 vs state
Science10%-20 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Rosa Parks Elementary School

In the 2024-25 school year, 172 students attended Rosa Parks Elementary School.

Students at Rosa Parks Elementary School are 37% African American, 37% Hispanic, 12% White, 8% Two or more races, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% Asian.

Students who attend Rosa Parks Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : George Middle School
High : Roosevelt High School

Rosa Parks Elementary School ranks in the bottom 2.0% of Oregon elementary schools.

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Latest Oregon data All new data »
2025–26 OSAS test scoresNewSep 25, 2026
2023–24 through 2024–25 school spending dataAug 24, 2026
2024–25 graduation ratesJan 29, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataNov 20, 2025


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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