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Milwaukie El Puente Bilingual School

Grades and ages

Grades K-5

Enrollment

430 students

Students per teacher

18.7 per full-time teacher

Tuition

Tuition-free

About Milwaukie El Puente Bilingual School

Our students learn to read, write, and think in both Spanish and English at Milwaukie El Puente Elementary, one of three North Clackamas School District elementary schools offering Dual Language Immersion. In the district program, roughly 60 percent of immersion students speak Spanish as a first language and 40 percent speak English, and the two groups learn from each other.

Kindergartners receive 80 percent of instruction in Spanish and 20 percent in English, moving toward an even split by fourth and fifth grade. We use one language at a time without translating, and formal literacy instruction begins in Spanish. Kindergarten immersion seats are filled through a district lottery, bus transportation is provided for students assigned to the immersion school, and graduates can continue Spanish study at Alder Creek or Wilbur Rowe middle schools.

Talented and Gifted services start with universal screening of second graders on the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test, with testing also offered in grades 3 to 5. Families can also enroll in the district CARE before- and after-school program, with transportation to a CARE site.

Student fit

Who this school serves

Grades and ages

  • Public
  • Elementary (K-5)

Specialties

  • Spanish-English dual language immersion

Learning and support

Curriculum and therapeutic services

Services and supports

  • School counseling

Programs

Programs at Milwaukie El Puente Bilingual School

Other programs and supports

  • School counseling

School facts

Practical details for families

Students per Teacher
18.7 per full-time teacher
Students with IEPs
56 (14% of students)
Students with 504 Plans
3

Tuition and funding

Tuition: Tuition-free

  • Tuition-free public school

Enrollment

430 students

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Physical address

11250 SE 27th Ave, Milwaukie, OR 97222

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