Summary:
Zip code 97214 in Portland contains six schools — five elementary schools serving kindergarten through grade 8 and one middle school serving grades 6–8 — all within Portland School District 1J, which ranks 12th of 141 Oregon districts. Together they enroll 2,495 students, about 416 per school on average. The largest are Hosford Middle School (537 students) and Richmond Elementary School (530), while Abernethy Elementary School is the smallest (285).
Three schools stand out. Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School leads in English language arts (86.7% proficient) and math (80.4%), ranking 15th of 709 elementary schools, with the lowest student-teacher ratio (12.5) and the lowest per-student spending ($12,228). Abernethy Elementary School is the strongest all-around, posting 82.3% in ELA, 72.3% in math, and the top science score at 71.7%, ranking 11th of 709. Richmond Elementary School pairs solid scores (72.1% ELA, 71.3% math, 65.4% science) with the area's lowest chronic absenteeism at 15.1%, under half the state rate of 33.5%.
Buckman Elementary School is the sharpest contrast: the highest spending ($24,044) and highest absenteeism (26.9%), yet the lowest ELA (52.1%) and math (40.1%) proficiency — though its science score (52.9%) exceeds district and state averages. Hosford Middle School, the only middle school here, improved from 64th to 32nd of 371, with science its weakest subject at 48.8%. Sunnyside Environmental School performs steadily above district and state in all three subjects. All six schools beat state averages in ELA, math, and science, but internal gaps are wide — math spans 40.1% to 80.4%. Le Monde's 7th grade ELA is reported as at least 95%, and its free/reduced lunch rate is not reported.
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