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Faubion Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
553rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 709 Oregon Elementary Schools
Better than 22% of Oregon elementary schools
Summary

Faubion Elementary School is a PK–8 school at 2930 NE Dekum St in Portland, Oregon, serving 585 students — the largest enrollment among the eleven nearby schools reviewed here — as part of Portland School District 1J, a district ranked 12th of 141 statewide. That context matters: Faubion is a low performer inside a high-performing district, carrying a 1-star rating and a 22nd-percentile statewide rank (553rd of 709). The 2025-26 year is the school's second-strongest in the eleven years shown, but Faubion has never left the bottom quartile.

Proficiency sits at 26.8% in English language arts, 17.5% in math, and 19.1% in science — roughly 31, 33, and 26 points below the district. Chronic absenteeism is 43.8%, the highest in the comparison group and about ten points above the next-worst, Woodlawn Elementary School. Nearly all students are economically disadvantaged, and per-student spending is $24,897 at a 15.1 student-teacher ratio — more funding and smaller classes than top-ranked Alameda Elementary School and Beverly Cleary School, without matching outcomes.

Grade 5 is the bright spot: science at 30.2% is essentially the state average (30.8%) and ELA at 41.8% is the school's strongest result, while the middle grades fall off sharply — 8th-grade math drops to 9.2% and 8th-grade science to 11.5%. Proximity and district affiliation explain little: Vernon Elementary School and Woodlawn are within a mile and rank at the 85th and 77th percentiles, while Dr. Martin Luther King Junior School and Scott Elementary School share similar economic profiles yet rank 27 and 43 percentile points higher. Recent gains among low-income and special-education students are encouraging, but attendance remains the most direct lever available.

585
Students ?
15.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,897
Per pupil spending ?
112.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2930 NE Dekum St
       Portland, OR  97211-6613

(503) 916-5686

District: Portland School District 1J


Students who attend Faubion Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Jefferson High School
    Roosevelt High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
30.4%
White:
27.5%
African American:
23.6%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 19th percentile in 2015 → 22nd in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Oregon average (22% vs 37% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (44% vs 34% Oregon)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school22%
District avg53%
Oregon avg37%
Elementary school
553rd of 709
Oregon public elementary schools ?
Bottom 22%▼ down 2 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
343rd of 371
Oregon public middle schools ?
Bottom 8%▼ down 3 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
54th 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
202624.0553 of 70922.0%★☆☆☆☆
202517.4611 of 70613.5%★☆☆☆☆
202420.8588 of 71017.2%★☆☆☆☆
202321.1582 of 70617.6%★☆☆☆☆
202219.6594 of 70615.9%★☆☆☆☆
20197.5684 of 7053.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.0660 of 7096.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201721.7580 of 70117.3%★☆☆☆☆
201628.7527 of 69724.4%★☆☆☆☆
201523.3572 of 70619.0%★☆☆☆☆
201417.2615 of 69511.5%★☆☆☆☆
201317.6628 of 70711.2%★☆☆☆☆
201226.4603 of 73017.4%★☆☆☆☆
201127.3576 of 69517.1%★☆☆☆☆
201033.5502 of 67425.5%★☆☆☆☆
200923.3572 of 66514.0%★☆☆☆☆
200828.6526 of 65519.7%★☆☆☆☆
200750.4323 of 65250.5%★★★☆☆
200656.1312 of 63650.9%★★★☆☆
200562.3233 of 62963.0%★★★☆☆
200429.2466 of 58620.5%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202640.98 of 1546.7%★★★☆☆
202528.916 of 1915.8%★☆☆☆☆
202416.612 of 137.7%★☆☆☆☆
202339.411 of 1838.9%★★☆☆☆
202240.97 of 1553.3%★★★☆☆
201939.817 of 2222.7%★☆☆☆☆
201843.819 of 3951.3%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202627.0487 of 65525.6%★☆☆☆☆
202518.4568 of 65313.0%★☆☆☆☆
202426.0502 of 65823.7%★☆☆☆☆
202321.7535 of 65217.9%★☆☆☆☆
202222.2530 of 64618.0%★☆☆☆☆
20195.6608 of 6212.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.5666 of 6812.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202633.161 of 7012.9%★☆☆☆☆
202565.327 of 7564.0%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202621.4341 of 3779.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202516.8357 of 3621.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202432.1266 of 36527.1%★☆☆☆☆
202335.8240 of 36033.3%★★☆☆☆
202237.8206 of 33939.2%★★☆☆☆
201916.1343 of 3645.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.0435 of 4758.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202635.2341 of 52134.5%★★☆☆☆
202520.6473 of 5188.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202425.0442 of 52315.5%★☆☆☆☆
202331.1432 of 59527.4%★☆☆☆☆
202219.7593 of 70315.6%★☆☆☆☆
20198.0592 of 5970.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.3607 of 6405.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202625.1520 of 65720.9%★☆☆☆☆
202521.6555 of 66416.4%★☆☆☆☆
202417.7583 of 66211.9%★☆☆☆☆
202321.4549 of 66517.4%★☆☆☆☆
202219.1569 of 65413.0%★☆☆☆☆
201919.9535 of 62314.1%★☆☆☆☆
201818.8603 of 68011.3%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
20263.479 of 790.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.947 of 5413.0%★☆☆☆☆
202318.351 of 6015.0%★☆☆☆☆
202221.541 of 4814.6%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202634.6223 of 35537.2%★★☆☆☆
202526.8277 of 35221.3%★☆☆☆☆
202425.2240 of 29919.7%★☆☆☆☆
202332.3155 of 23132.9%★★☆☆☆
202229.4159 of 21526.0%★☆☆☆☆
201929.5225 of 30325.7%★☆☆☆☆
201843.8227 of 48152.8%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202676.4120 of 67082.1%★★★★☆
202562.9215 of 66967.9%★★★☆☆
202470.5170 of 67074.6%★★★★☆
202365.4207 of 65668.4%★★★☆☆
202250.0303 of 66654.5%★★★☆☆
201915.5611 of 6627.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201824.5563 of 68317.6%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202613.4343 of 3717.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202512.0345 of 3686.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.1347 of 3716.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.5357 of 3806.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.4344 of 3676.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.1374 of 3791.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.3367 of 3844.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201724.2308 of 38219.4%★☆☆☆☆
201616.0343 of 38310.4%★☆☆☆☆
201518.2337 of 38111.5%★☆☆☆☆
201420.2330 of 38213.6%★☆☆☆☆
201335.7272 of 37727.9%★☆☆☆☆
201232.8307 of 39522.3%★☆☆☆☆
201115.1327 of 3578.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20108.7331 of 3433.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20098.3314 of 3232.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200823.9269 of 31514.6%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202617.530 of 300.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.423 of 230.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202327.316 of 2123.8%★☆☆☆☆
202239.912 of 2450.0%★★★☆☆
201933.916 of 2330.4%★★☆☆☆
201840.924 of 4040.0%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202612.6302 of 3215.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202522.3263 of 31616.8%★☆☆☆☆
202413.2293 of 3136.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.2313 of 3233.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.1288 of 3107.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.2273 of 2771.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.0336 of 3421.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202617.1188 of 2006.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202517.1186 of 1965.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.6195 of 1960.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.9184 of 2018.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.2177 of 1948.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.9191 of 1910.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.7205 of 2102.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202623.1219 of 25614.5%★☆☆☆☆
202518.1219 of 2408.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.7243 of 2440.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.0277 of 31211.2%★☆☆☆☆
202212.3341 of 3646.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.0277 of 2821.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.1313 of 3253.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202614.4304 of 3277.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.5317 of 3303.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.7310 of 3234.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.5283 of 31811.0%★☆☆☆☆
202211.6300 of 3123.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.8279 of 2914.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.2295 of 34113.5%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202610.7126 of 1281.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.1124 of 1336.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.5106 of 1147.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202632.1135 of 19330.1%★★☆☆☆
202320.2143 of 1504.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.5133 of 15614.7%★☆☆☆☆
201854.461 of 20670.4%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOregon percentileRating
202650.6157 of 35455.6%★★★☆☆
202549.7157 of 35155.3%★★★☆☆
202452.5145 of 34958.5%★★★☆☆
202342.7195 of 36045.8%★★☆☆☆
202226.2274 of 35522.8%★☆☆☆☆
201912.2318 of 3447.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.1309 of 35713.4%★☆☆☆☆
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)82nd percentile+60 vs school
African American (2026)47th percentile+25 vs school
Special Education (2026)37th percentile+15 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)35th percentile+13 vs school
Female (2026)26th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2026)21st percentile~ school
Gifted and Talented (2026)13th percentile-9 vs school
Hispanic (2026)10th percentile-12 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)<1st percentile-22 vs school
Middle school
White (2026)56th percentile+48 vs school
Special Education (2026)30th percentile+23 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)14th percentile+7 vs school
Male (2026)7th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)6th percentile~ school
Female (2026)6th percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2026)2nd percentile-6 vs school
African American (2026)<1st percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs Oregon (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts27%-17 vs state
Science19%-12 vs state
Mathematics17%-15 vs state

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by a student
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Open Quote Its been a total of 6 years, yet I still remember my hatred for this school. The teachers have no symphony for students, and if there's bullying going on, you can bet that nothing will be done. The teachers are strict, but not in a good way. Not in a way that they care about the students to make them better, for the 4 years I was there I felt like I was not wanted. Some of my worst memories come from this school, my favorite memory was crushed by the staff. My friends and I lived on the Cul-De-Sac, we decided to build a tree-house. This tree-house was the best thing at recess, and we worked outside of school to build it. The night we finished putting the tree-house, it was torn down, our belongings stolen, and the tree entirely cut down. You may be saying, how do you know it was the school who cut it down? Well there was a printed note with the schools principles and staff that simply read (Which was not in the list of rules at the time) DO NOT BUILD ON SCHOOL PROPERTY as well as the closing that is on every Faubion paper.
So basically, do I recommend this school? No. I suggest you steer far from it as possible. Close Quote




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Students at Faubion Elementary School are 30% Hispanic, 28% White, 24% African American, 13% Two or more races, 3% Pacific Islander, 1% Asian.

Students who attend Faubion Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Jefferson High School
High : Roosevelt High School

Faubion Elementary School ranks in the bottom 22.0% of Oregon elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 585 students attended Faubion Elementary School.

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