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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Gilbert Heights Elementary School, Portland, OR

CEP schoolGilbert Heights Elementary School is a public elementary school in Portland, part of David Douglas SD 40. It enrolled 405 students in 2024-25, with 18.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
405
Teachers (FTE)
22.0
Students per teacher
18.4
Grades
PK to 5

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

This school18.4
District18.4
Oregon18.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
12839 SE Holgate Blvd, Portland, OR 97236
Phone
(503)256-6502
District
David Douglas SD 40
County
Multnomah County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
410394001029
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
434
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
434
Direct certification
275Students 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 David Douglas SD 40

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.