Reynolds Arthur Academy, Troutdale OR

Original Research by School Decision on Reynolds Arthur Academy

Reynolds Arthur Academy is a small charter elementary school in Troutdale, serving kindergarten through fifth grade. As a public charter school operating within the Reynolds School District, it offers an alternative to the district's traditional neighborhood elementary schools. The school enrolls a modest number of students, small enough that each grade has a single class. The student body is predominantly white, with a sizable Hispanic population and a smaller Asian cohort; other racial groups make up only a sliver of the enrollment.

A parent looking at this school will want to understand its academic picture clearly. State assessment results from the most recent testing year show that proficiency rates in English language arts are moderate, with the strongest performance by fifth graders, where just over half of students met the bar. Third and fourth graders were close behind each other. Math is a softer spot. Across grades three through five, the share of students reaching proficiency declined, dipping to a quarter of fifth graders. Science, tested only in fifth grade, fell in between the English and math marks. The school's combined proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades placed it in the top quarter when compared with other elementary schools within Multnomah County districts. That positioning reflects a school where overall performance is above the midpoint of a broad countywide set, but a parent may want to ask the school directly about the trajectory in math across the grade levels.

The school serves a population where a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. This context is relevant for understanding how the school approaches whole-child support and family engagement. Because Reynolds Arthur Academy is a charter, admission is not tied to a neighborhood attendance boundary; families choose it. The district brief turned up no major recent changes, bond measures, or curriculum overhauls in the Reynolds School District that would affect the school's operations.

Troutdale itself is a community that blends residential neighborhoods with a historic downtown and growing industrial development, much of it on the site of the former Reynolds Aluminum plant. Most residents commute to Portland or Gresham for work. The housing market in the area is priced so that owning a home requires a significant income relative to the national median, and rents are not cheap either. The town is car-dependent, with nearly all residents driving alone to work, though there are parks and a compact historic core that hosts community events.

For a family considering this school, the academic picture is one where English language arts is the relative strength and math performance is a clear area the school is working on. The charter structure means the school has some operational autonomy, and the small size means a parent is likely to know the teachers and other families well. The community context is a suburban exurban setting with an industrial jobs base and a long commute culture. A parent weighing this option should ask about the school's approach to math instruction and intervention, and about how the school supports students from the low-income households that make up most of its enrollment.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 22% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 14% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 14% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 25% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 20% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 29% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Science

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 15% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

This schoolReynolds SD 7, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.