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Boise-Eliot Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
658th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 709 Oregon Elementary Schools
Better than 7% of Oregon elementary schools
Summary

Boise-Eliot Elementary School is a PK–5 school serving 313 students at 620 N Fremont in Portland, Oregon, part of Portland School District 1J, a district ranked 12th of 141 in Oregon (91st percentile, 5 stars). The school itself is a stark outlier: in 2025–2026 it ranked 658th of 709 Oregon elementary schools (7th percentile, 0 stars). Its history is persistently low — 5th percentile in 2024–2025, 14th in 2023–2024, 24th in 2022–2023, 18th in 2021–2022, and 0th in 2018–2019 — so this is not a one-year dip.

Proficiency is far below the district and the state. In 2025–2026 OSAS all-grade results, Boise-Eliot scored 25% in English language arts, 17.9% in math, and 9.4% in science, compared with 57.8%, 50.5%, and 45.1% for the district and 43.8%, 32.9%, and 30.6% statewide. Most nearby same-district schools score far higher, including Alameda Elementary School (84.9/80.3/64.5), Irvington Elementary School (68.9/61.5/48.9), and Chief Joseph Elementary School (66.4/61.3/34.2). Only Kairos PDX (22.1% ELA) is close, and Boise-Eliot is still lower in math and science. Chronic absenteeism was 56.9% in 2024–2025, versus 32.5% in the district and 33.5% statewide — about 20 points above the next-highest nearby school.

Money and class size do not appear to be the constraint. Boise-Eliot spent $26,115 per student in 2024–2025, more than Vernon Elementary School, Chapman Elementary School, Beach Elementary School, and Sabin Elementary School, and its student-teacher ratio of 14.1 is smaller than most. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior School, 0.97 miles away, enrolls a nearly identical 312 students with similar free/reduced lunch rates and nearly identical spending ($26,199), yet posts 47.9% ELA, 44.4% math, and 33.3% science with 32.9% chronic absenteeism. Fifth-grade math (9.1%) and science (9.4%) are the lowest among nearby schools, suggesting foundational gaps that become visible by grade 5. Subgroup results vary sharply: special education students improved to the 43rd percentile, while low-income students rank at the 0th percentile.

313
Students ?
14.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$26,115
Per pupil spending ?
107%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 620 N Fremont
       Portland, OR  97227-1299

(503) 916-6171

District: Portland School District 1J


Students who attend Boise-Eliot Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Harriet Tubman Middle School
High:    Grant High School
    Jefferson High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
44.7%
White:
21.7%
Hispanic:
18.2%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 12th percentile in 2015 → 7th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Oregon average (20% vs 37% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (57% vs 34% Oregon)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school20%
District avg53%
Oregon avg37%
658th of 709
Oregon public elementary schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 1 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
58th 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202613.3658 of 7097.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.6674 of 7064.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.4610 of 71014.1%★☆☆☆☆
202325.7536 of 70624.1%★☆☆☆☆
202221.1582 of 70617.6%★☆☆☆☆
20194.8702 of 7050.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.5680 of 7094.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.1671 of 7014.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201614.4641 of 6978.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201517.5624 of 70611.6%★☆☆☆☆
201415.7623 of 69510.4%★☆☆☆☆
201310.5673 of 7074.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201230.2569 of 73022.1%★☆☆☆☆
201142.1454 of 69534.7%★★☆☆☆
201022.0586 of 67413.1%★☆☆☆☆
200924.5561 of 66515.6%★☆☆☆☆
200833.5496 of 65524.3%★☆☆☆☆
200723.2563 of 65213.7%★☆☆☆☆
200629.5515 of 63619.0%★☆☆☆☆
200511.4598 of 6294.9%☆☆☆☆☆
200432.7448 of 58623.5%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202621.114 of 156.7%★☆☆☆☆
202528.117 of 1910.5%★☆☆☆☆
202431.010 of 1323.1%★★☆☆☆
202326.516 of 1811.1%★☆☆☆☆
202245.06 of 1560.0%★★★★☆
201918.822 of 220.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201834.828 of 3928.2%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202618.6563 of 65514.0%★☆☆☆☆
202517.9572 of 65312.4%★☆☆☆☆
202424.1522 of 65820.7%★☆☆☆☆
202331.0451 of 65230.8%★★☆☆☆
202227.5478 of 64626.0%★☆☆☆☆
20199.7587 of 6215.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.0656 of 6813.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202415.0360 of 3651.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201833.8329 of 47530.7%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
20266.8521 of 5210.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.7506 of 5233.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202337.5378 of 59536.5%★★☆☆☆
202221.2579 of 70317.6%★☆☆☆☆
20198.8590 of 5971.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.8603 of 6405.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202610.4631 of 6574.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.1653 of 6641.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.9591 of 66210.7%★☆☆☆☆
202322.9536 of 66519.4%★☆☆☆☆
202219.3566 of 65413.5%★☆☆☆☆
20193.8622 of 6230.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.5654 of 6803.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
201932.043 of 6129.5%★★☆☆☆
201834.8149 of 21229.7%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202638.1201 of 35543.4%★★☆☆☆
202525.5287 of 35218.5%★☆☆☆☆
202424.7245 of 29918.1%★☆☆☆☆
201826.9400 of 48116.8%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202665.7197 of 67070.6%★★★★☆
202557.8251 of 66962.5%★★★☆☆
201842.5402 of 68341.1%★★☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
20186.2375 of 3842.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201711.2358 of 3826.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201620.0326 of 38314.9%★☆☆☆☆
20158.2370 of 3812.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201416.2345 of 3829.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201316.1337 of 37710.6%★☆☆☆☆
201229.2324 of 39518.0%★☆☆☆☆
201123.3312 of 35712.6%★☆☆☆☆
201015.5321 of 3436.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200917.4299 of 3237.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200813.4293 of 3157.0%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Elementary school
White (2026)71st percentile+63 vs school
Special Education (2026)43rd percentile+36 vs school
Multi-racial (2019)30th percentile+29 vs school
Female (2026)14th percentile+7 vs school
African American (2026)7th percentile~ school
Male (2026)4th percentile-3 vs school
Hispanic (2024)1st percentile-13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)<1st percentile-7 vs school
By subject vs Oregon (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts25%-19 vs state
Mathematics18%-15 vs state
Science9%-21 vs state

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Monday, April 19, 2010

Open Quote Boise Eliot is a wonderful, welcoming and nurturing environment for children and families. Located in the heart of the Mississippi neighborhood, the student population is representative of a successfully, gently gentrifying population. Remodeled inside in the 80's, the exterior maintains it's stately 1920's brick face. The school has won several state and federal awards, having improved and maintained excellent test scores. The curriculum includes full time music and PE programs (including band and choir), science lab, 2 computer labs and a piano keyboard lab. Visual arts are woven into the core curriculum through artist residencies, performances and field trips. There is before and afterschool day care as well as a busy schedule of after school activities and classes. Algebra was added to the curriculum last year and Spanish will be added in 2011. The school is now PK-8th grades. Close Quote




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Students at Boise-Eliot Elementary School are 45% African American, 22% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% Two or more races.

Students who attend Boise-Eliot Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Harriet Tubman Middle School
High : Grant High School
High : Jefferson High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 313 students attended Boise-Eliot Elementary School.

Boise-Eliot Elementary School ranks in the bottom 7.2% of Oregon elementary schools.

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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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