The top reported proficiency rate is 52% in Math. The lowest is 34% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Naas Elementary School
Naas Elementary is a regular public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Boring, an unincorporated community in Clackamas County. It is part of Oregon Trail School District 46. The school sits near the Springwater Corridor rail trail and the Boring Station Trailhead Park, with Oregon Route 212 running through the center of town. Boring has a rural, car-dependent character, with dairy farms, nurseries, and timber-related businesses mixed in among residential properties. It functions largely as a bedroom community for Portland, and residents have historically debated incorporation but remain under county governance.
Academically, Naas Elementary posted results that placed its overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades in the top quartile relative to other districts in Clackamas County. That is a meaningful strength in this school’s profile. Looking inside the numbers, math proficiency showed a modest downward slope from third to fifth grade, with the third-grade cohort performing at a noticeably higher level than the upper grades, and fourth and fifth graders clustering around a similar rate. In English language arts, fifth graders posted the highest result among the three tested grades, while third graders had the lowest. Science, assessed only in fifth grade, came in at a softer level that a parent may want to ask about further, particularly if their child is interested in that subject early on. The state testing data comes from a single year, 2024–2025, so no multi-year trend is available to judge whether these results are stable or changing.
The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic minority and a small share of students who identify as two or more races. Other racial groups each make up a very small fraction of the enrollment. About three out of every five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that places the school in a moderate-to-high poverty context for a suburban elementary school. The school does not report data on special education or English learner populations, so it is not possible to describe the proportion of students receiving those services, though many schools in similar settings serve both groups.
The community’s housing market is expensive. Home values in the ZIP code are above the state median and well above the national median, reflecting the area’s desirability as a Portland exurb and the limited supply of housing in an unincorporated area with large rural lots. Rents are also high, and the ratio of rent to income suggests that renting is a stretch for many households. The local unemployment rate and national median household income are both typical for the period.
At the district level, Oregon Trail School District 46 has made two recent changes with direct bearing on families. Voters approved a capital construction bond in 2020 that funded district-wide facility upgrades, including safety improvements, roof replacements, HVAC work, classroom modernization, and expansion of career technical education space at Sandy High School. The district also moved to full-day kindergarten district-wide, eliminating the half-day option and the associated transportation and childcare logistics for parents of kindergarteners.
What does this add up to for a family considering Naas Elementary? It is a school with above-average academic outcomes for its county, though those outcomes are uneven across grade levels and subjects, with math and ELA results that vary and science lagging. The student body is economically diverse, majority white, with a sizable Latino population. The setting is rural and car-dependent, offering outdoor recreation access via the Springwater Corridor but limited street life and commercial density. The housing market is expensive, in line with the broader Portland exurban region. The district has recently invested in facilities and expanded kindergarten to a full day, practical changes that affect daily routines. For a family that values strong relative test performance in a small-town, rural context with recent facility investment, Naas Elementary fits that description. The science results and the lack of trend data are the main areas where a parent might want to talk directly to the school or visit a classroom to get a fuller picture.
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