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Parkrose reports 16% English-learner population; Title III funds support services, report shows
Summary
District staff told the Parkrose School Board that English learners now make up about 16% of students — above the state rate — and highlighted gains in discipline and ninth-grade on-track measures while noting persistent gaps in attendance and academic outcomes.
Parkrose School District officials presented the district’s 2023–24 English learners (EL) legislative report on Sept. 8, telling the board the district’s EL population is about 16% — higher than the statewide rate of about 11% — and that the district is seeing increases in newcomer students and in ninth-grade students considered on track.
The report, delivered by Brooke Mattern, director of federal programs, described statewide and local trends and how Parkrose uses federal Title III funds to support English learners. “One of the programs that I oversee is Title 3, which is our English language learners,” Mattern said during the working session.
The presentation said Parkrose’s EL population includes Spanish speakers as the largest group, with smaller…
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