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Capitol Hill Elementary School, Portland, OR

CEP schoolCapitol Hill Elementary School is a public elementary school in Portland, part of Portland SD 1J. It enrolled 323 students in 2024-25, with 19.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
323
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
19.0
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 3.0 higher than the district figure of 16.0. The Oregon average across schools is 18.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.0
District16.0
Oregon18.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
8401 SW 17th Ave, Portland, OR 97219
Phone
(503)916-6303
District
Portland SD 1J
County
Multnomah County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
411004000881
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
135
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
13541.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
61Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Portland SD 1J

Elementary schools elsewhere in Portland

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.