Mary Woodward Elementary School, Tigard OR

Original Research by School Decision on Mary Woodward Elementary School

Mary Woodward Elementary School is a regular public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Tigard, part of the Tigard-Tualatin School District. It sits in a mixed-use suburb of Portland that combines residential neighborhoods with major retail corridors, including one of Oregon’s largest malls. The school itself draws from nearby streets in a community where corporate headquarters for companies like Consumer Cellular and NuScale Power stand alongside big-box retail and a walkable downtown with a farmers market. Housing in the area is priced above national benchmarks, with home values and rents reflecting the Portland metro’s broader pressure; families moving here should expect a market that has seen modest softening but remains expensive relative to much of the country.

On state assessments administered in the most recent year, Mary Woodward’s students performed at levels that place the school in the top quartile among elementary schools across Washington County when considering overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. In English language arts, a solid majority of students in grades three, four, and five met the state benchmark. Math results were also above the midpoint, with a majority of students proficient in each grade, though the share dipped slightly in fifth grade compared to earlier years. Science, which is tested only in fifth grade, showed about two-fifths of students reaching proficiency—a weaker result that a parent may want to inquire about further. Because the data covers only a single year, it is not possible to see whether these outcomes reflect an upward or downward trend.

The student body is diverse but predominantly white, with notable shares of Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students. Roughly a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a rate below the state average and consistent with the area’s relatively higher median income. Detailed information on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the data, so a parent looking to understand those supports would need to ask the school directly. The school is not a charter or magnet and no Title I status was reported.

As an elementary school, Mary Woodward does not have a graduation rate or a chronic absenteeism rate to report. The absence of those metrics is expected given the grade band. No discipline or staffing data were provided, and the district brief turned up no recent major changes at the district level. That leaves a picture of a school whose academic performance is strong compared with others in the county, set in a suburb with a vibrant local economy and persistent housing costs. Families who can afford the area’s home prices or rents will find a school that consistently delivers above-average proficiency, with the caveat that science results and the lack of trend data are worth a closer conversation with the school itself.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 359%

School 59% · District 43% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 457%

School 57% · District 43% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 36% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 44% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 457%

School 57% · District 50% · ▲ 7 pts above district

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

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 54% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Science

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 33% · ▲ 8 pts above district

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

This schoolTigard-Tualatin SD 23J, 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.