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Kelly Elementary School

Q: Is Kelly Elementary School a good school?

Kelly Elementary School ranks in the bottom 24.4% of Oregon elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Kelly Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 385 students attended Kelly Elementary School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Kelly Elementary School?

Students at Kelly Elementary School are 48% White, 22% Hispanic, 12% African American, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.

Q: What schools do graduates of Kelly Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Kelly Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Lane Middle School High : Franklin High School

Public Grades K-5

536^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 709 Oregon Elementary Schools

Better than 24% of Oregon elementary schools

Summary

Kelly Elementary School is a K–5 school in Portland, Oregon, serving 385 students in Portland School District 1J, a district that ranks 12th of 141 Oregon districts (91st percentile, 5 stars) while Kelly ranked 536th of 709 elementary schools (24th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026.

For parents, the main academic picture is that Kelly is below both its district and the state in all tested subjects. In 2025–2026, English language arts proficiency was 28.8% versus 57.8% in the district and 43.8% statewide; math was 29.9% versus 50.5% district and 32.9% state; and science was 19.6% versus 45.1% district and 30.6% state. The biggest gaps are in ELA and science, while math is closer to the state average. Chronic absenteeism is the most striking concern: 45.9% in 2024–2025, compared with 32.5% district and 33.5% state. That is the highest rate among nearby schools, including Woodmere (43.4%), Whitman (37.5%), and Marysville (35.1%), and far above Woodstock (14.4%), Mount Scott (25.9%), and Lent (27.2%).

Kelly’s clearest bright spot is its effectiveness for English Language Learner students, which ranked 9th of 107 in 2025–2026 (92nd percentile, 5 stars), up from the 84th percentile in 2024–2025 and 41st in 2023–2024. That suggests at least one support system is working well. By contrast, 5th-grade math (15.8%) and 5th-grade science (19.6%) are weak, and 4th-grade ELA is 24.7%, though 3rd-grade math (38.2%) is relatively stronger. Reported free/reduced-lunch participation is very high—124.68% in 2024–2025, likely reflecting a reporting method rather than a literal percentage—and per-student spending ($26,419) and the student-teacher ratio (14.9) are mid-range. High poverty does not fully explain the results: Lent Elementary School has similarly high reported need (110.94%) and spends slightly more ($28,500) but reaches 51.1% ELA and 40.0% math with 27.2% chronic absenteeism. Kelly has improved from the 7th–12th percentile in the late 2010s, but it remains in the bottom quartile, with attendance and ELA/science gaps as the most urgent priorities.

385

Students ?

14.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$26,419

Per pupil spending ?

124.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

9030 SE Cooper St
Portland, OR 97266-5541

(503) 916-6350

District: Portland School District 1J

Students who attend Kelly Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Lane Middle School
High:	Franklin High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

47.5%

Hispanic:

22.1%

African American:

12.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 11th percentile in 2015 → 24th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Oregon average (28% vs 37% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (46% vs 34% Oregon)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school28%

District avg53%

Oregon avg37%

536^th of 709

Oregon public elementary schools ?

Bottom 24%▲ up 14 pts since 2016

From bottom 10% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

53^rd of 60Elementary Schools in the Portland School District 1J

12^th 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	26.0	536 of 709	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	27.8	520 of 706	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.9	576 of 710	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.3	603 of 706	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.2	572 of 706	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.5	641 of 705	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.5	626 of 709	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	11.8	654 of 701	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	16.4	625 of 697	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.3	628 of 706	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	25.2	562 of 695	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	38.9	478 of 707	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2012	34.6	534 of 730	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	27.1	579 of 695	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	50.6	373 of 674	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2009	16.9	605 of 665	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	13.9	617 of 655	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	22.8	567 of 652	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	39.9	460 of 636	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	30.4	497 of 629	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	25.7	490 of 586	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2018	44.5	17 of 39	56.4%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2019	3.7	48 of 48	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.5	83 of 86	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	73.4	9 of 107	91.6%	★★★★★
2025	67.7	16 of 101	84.2%	★★★★☆
2024	41.2	57 of 97	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	56.8	22 of 87	74.7%	★★★★☆
2022	69.0	9 of 80	88.8%	★★★★☆
2019	36.9	61 of 97	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.2	107 of 179	40.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	27.2	484 of 655	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.0	515 of 653	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.3	542 of 658	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.4	583 of 652	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.1	481 of 646	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.6	565 of 621	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.9	586 of 681	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2025	29.2	61 of 75	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	41.7	202 of 377	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	32.5	254 of 362	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.5	253 of 365	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.7	148 of 360	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	15.3	349 of 364	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.9	409 of 475	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	32.5	372 of 521	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	38.7	320 of 518	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.0	376 of 523	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.5	461 of 595	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.3	568 of 703	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.6	536 of 597	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	560 of 640	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	25.9	511 of 657	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	34.3	438 of 664	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.3	524 of 662	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.4	527 of 665	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	572 of 654	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.8	570 of 623	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.6	621 of 680	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	39.0	196 of 355	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	73.5	56 of 352	84.1%	★★★★☆
2024	45.4	135 of 299	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	26.0	188 of 231	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.7	153 of 215	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	252 of 303	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.3	416 of 481	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Oregon percentile	Rating
2026	34.4	443 of 670	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	39.0	401 of 669	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.0	535 of 670	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.5	615 of 656	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.5	542 of 666	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.2	605 of 662	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.2	619 of 683	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2026)92nd percentile+67 vs school

African American (2018)56th percentile+45 vs school

Hispanic (2026)46th percentile+22 vs school

Special Education (2026)45th percentile+20 vs school

White (2026)34th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)29th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2026)26th percentile~ school

Male (2026)22nd percentile~ school

Gifted and Talented (2025)19th percentile-8 vs school

Asian (2019)<1st percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Oregon (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics30%-3 vs state

English Language Arts29%-15 vs state

Science20%-11 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, September 14, 2017

Kelly is a great school with a dedicated and loving staff and parent teacher association. The test scores are indicative of the trends with our Dual Language Immersion program which started in 2008 and started testing in 2011. This isn't to say there is any 'fault' but rather those kids who started testing in 2011/12 when they reached 3rd grade, were not proficient in either language yet. Whereas other schools without a dual language immersion program, have full proficiency in English when they start testing.
Dual Language Immersion is designed to serve the emergent bilingual community and with a focus on serving these children from immigrant and refugee backgrounds. So these children are smart and capable, but testing in a language they won't be proficient in until they reach late middle school/early high school.

Given this population in immersion is only a 20-36 of the total school population and doesn't include our students who are LEP with a home language of Vietnamese or Spanish, the percentage of LEP students in our school is very high. The diversity of our amazing school has more to do with testing than competency does. And this is not accounted for in the data. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, June 4, 2016

It would be useful to note that Kelly Elementary is an Immersion school. Approximately half of the school children are being taught majority of the material in a foreign language. Overall, kids that graduate Kelly school are practically fluent in two languages. Kelly Elementary has an Amazing program. It is misleading to compare an Immersion school to a general public school. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				OSAS English Language Arts (2026)				OSAS Mathematics (2026)				OSAS Science (2026)		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	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Kelly Elementary School	Public	K-5	9030 SE Cooper St	Portland	97266	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 916-6350	385	26	14.9	124.7%	183 (47.5%)	48 (12.5%)	85 (22.1%)	34 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	26 (6.8%)	26	536^th of 709 public elementary schools	24.4%		27.8	520^th of 706 public elementary schools	26.3%	16	32.4	24.7	29.8	28.8	38.2	33.3	15.8	29.9	19.6	19.6	$26,419	$1,610	$24,809
Woodmere Elementary School	Public	K-5	7900 SE Duke St	Portland	97206	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 916-6373	241	20	12.2	98.3%	84 (34.9%)	25 (10.4%)	59 (24.5%)	31 (12.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	38 (15.8%)	33.4	463^rd of 709 public elementary schools	34.7%		20.1	583^rd of 706 public elementary schools	17.4%	120	30.6	20.0	40.0	30.2	38.9	11.4	34.3	28.3	36.4	36.4	$28,478	$1,890	$26,587
Whitman Elementary School	Public	K-5	7326 SE Flavel St	Portland	97206	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 916-6370	198	16	12.2	115.2%	61 (30.8%)	21 (10.6%)	53 (26.8%)	19 (9.6%)	5 (2.5%)	9 (4.5%)	30 (15.2%)	34.6	456^th of 709 public elementary schools	35.7%		28.3	514^th of 706 public elementary schools	27.2%	58	27.3	24.1	51.9	33.7	21.9	24.1	33.3	26.1	40.7	40.7	$28,265	$1,725	$26,540
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	110.9%	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	$28,500	$1,604	$26,896
Marysville Elementary School	Public	K-5	7733 SE Raymond St	Portland	97206	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 916-6363	318	22	14.3	109.1%	135 (42.5%)	37 (11.6%)	60 (18.9%)	31 (9.7%)	5 (1.6%)	9 (2.8%)	39 (12.3%)	23.4	560^th of 709 public elementary schools	21.0%		30.4	492^nd of 706 public elementary schools	30.3%	68	34.1	34.5	32.8	33.8	27.5	33.3	14.8	24.5	11.1	11.1	$27,534	$1,865	$25,669
Arleta Elementary School	Public	K-5	5109 SE 66th Ave	Portland	97206	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 916-6330	252	16	15.3	41.3%	149 (59.1%)	12 (4.8%)	34 (13.5%)	12 (4.8%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	39 (15.5%)	85	86^th of 709 public elementary schools	87.9%		66.3	196^th of 706 public elementary schools	72.2%	110	59.5	58.8	63.8	61.0	64.9	54.5	51.1	56.4	57.4	57.4	$25,067	$1,445	$23,622
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	116.2%	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	$29,487	$1,644	$27,843
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	105.2%	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	$24,590	$1,763	$22,827
Woodstock Elementary School	Public	K-5	5601 SE 50th Ave	Portland	97206	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 916-6380	393	27	14.6	42.2%	179 (45.5%)	6 (1.5%)	33 (8.4%)	92 (23.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	80 (20.4%)	91.1	49^th of 709 public elementary schools	93.1%		87.6	72^nd of 706 public elementary schools	89.8%	23	67.9	68.6	73.1	70.0	62.3	67.1	58.2	62.6	51.5	51.5	$24,272	$836	$23,436
Mount Scott Elementary School	Public	K-5	11201 SE Stevens Rd	Happy Valley	97086	Clackamas County	North Clackamas School District 12	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 353-5500	416	22	19.0	59.4%	204 (49.0%)	25 (6.0%)	56 (13.5%)	72 (17.3%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	54 (13.0%)	50.6	316^th of 709 public elementary schools	55.4%		59.4	244^th of 706 public elementary schools	65.4%	72	41.3	39.0	54.7	44.9	36.0	39.5	32.0	35.8	38.2	38.2	$22,814	$432	$22,382

Frequently Asked Questions about Kelly Elementary School

What schools do graduates of Kelly Elementary School attend?

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

Middle : Lane Middle School
High : Franklin High School

How many students attend Kelly Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 385 students attended Kelly Elementary School.

Is Kelly Elementary School a good school?

Kelly Elementary School ranks in the bottom 24.4% of Oregon elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Kelly Elementary School?

Students at Kelly Elementary School are 48% White, 22% Hispanic, 12% African American, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander.

What district is Kelly Elementary School in?

Portland School District 1J

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