Buckman Elementary School

Grades: K-5
Students: 395
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 9:1
Student-Counselor Ratio: 220:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
Community Reviews
15 Reviews
320 Southeast 16th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 916-6230
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
8/10
Test Scores
4/10
Equity
NA
Academic Progress
NA
College Readiness
8/10
Student Growth

Community Reviews

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We are thrilled with our experience at Buckman Elementary! The classes are less than 25, the teachers are engaged with family life and communicate daily. My daughter is coming home showing off her art, her songs, her dance moves. Well-rounded education with a focus on art, in a public school setting
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Posted by a parent on 9/22/2025
Good intentions that go just that far. The teachers are by and large fantastic and stay year after year, but that's been changing recently. Like all pps, classes are way too large. Academic gaps and needs go overlooked and unattended. There's little structure for kids with special needs and kids who
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Posted by a parent on 9/17/2025
Low scoring because my gifted student was put in back of room after a month with a kid who could not read due to disabilities. She was given a tablet that she cried and called her tablet teacher. She was the oldest kid in class and l went to principal who fought me on skipping her, despite a promise
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Posted by a parent on 6/20/2025
Daughter went here from kindergarten through midway through 5th grade. We moved to the area because we were told that the school was good. It wasn’t. Staffing shortages, disciplinary problems, general lack of engagement between the teachers and parents… I lost count of how many principals Buckman ch
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Posted by a parent on 3/29/2022
I love Buckman elementary. I was able to get my daughter into Buckman Elementary as she is an excellent artist (Thanks to Molly Matsson in Lake Oswego) she discovered her artistic talent. I plan to volunteer at Buckman SMART program as it gives me great joy to volunteer. I hope to help Michael Simmo
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Posted by a parent on 2/11/2022

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