The top reported proficiency rate is 49% in English language arts. The lowest is 31% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Errol Hassell Elementary School
Errol Hassell Elementary School serves students in kindergarten through fifth grade in the Beaverton School District, a large suburban system west of Portland. The school is a regular public elementary school and is not a charter or magnet institution. Any family considering this school is looking at a mid-sized elementary building within a district that covers a wide geographic area and draws from Beaverton’s mix of tech-industry employment centers, suburban residential streets, and transit-oriented downtown development.
State testing data from the most recent assessment year gives a mixed picture of academic performance. In third grade, roughly two-fifths of students met the math bar and about half met the English language arts bar. Fourth grade results were stronger, with roughly half of students proficient in math and about three-fifths proficient in ELA. Fifth grade shows a notable drop: fewer than a third of students were proficient in math, about a third in ELA, and roughly three in ten in science. The fifth-grade numbers are a soft spot, and a parent may want to ask the school about what academic supports are in place for that transition year and whether the pattern is consistent or tied to a particular cohort. Across all tested grades combined, the school’s overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint among the districts in Washington County, which is a solid relative position, but the unevenness across grade levels means a family with children at different ages may have very different experiences.
The student body is diverse. About half of students are White, roughly three in ten are Hispanic, about one in ten are Asian, and the remainder are Black, two or more races, or American Indian or Alaska Native. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning the school serves a population with measurable economic need. The school has no reported data on the share of students with individualized education programs or English learner classifications, so a parent with a child who has an IEP or who is learning English should contact the school directly to understand how those needs are served.
The housing market in the surrounding area is expensive. Home values are well above national medians, and rents place a meaningful burden on household income compared to typical benchmarks. For a family relocating into this part of Beaverton, the cost of entry is high relative to much of the country. The district recently opened a new middle school that redrew feeder patterns, so families with younger children should know which middle school their child would eventually attend and how current attendance boundaries align with residential addresses.
Beaverton itself is a mid-sized city within the Portland metro region, home to major employers such as Nike, Tektronix, and Analog Devices. The downtown core has seen transit-oriented development around MAX Light Rail stations, including a performing arts center, a food cart pod, and a city hall relocation. Much of the rest of the city is car-dependent suburban development. The school sits in a residential part of the city, not within the denser downtown walkable area. Publicly reported growth has concentrated near transit nodes, and the city has a history of annexation efforts that shaped state legislation. For a parent, this means the broader context is an economically strong metro area with a high housing cost floor, and the school itself is a neighborhood elementary in a well-resourced but uneven-performing district.
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