Primerly field report
a tuition-free public neighborhood school in Portland
K–5 · Public · Neighborhood · Portland Public Schools
7452 SW 52nd Ave, Portland · Dr. Carmen Roberti
Maplewood Elementary is a K–5 neighborhood school in Southwest Portland. The school is guided by three community-wide values: Be Safe, Be Responsible, Be Kind. Specialist classes currently include Art, PE, and Library.
Recess is structured through Playworks, a national nonprofit program in which a dedicated on-site coordinator runs inclusive games, trains student "junior coaches," and builds social-emotional skills on the playground. Maplewood also offers Talented and Gifted (TAG) services, Special Education, two school counselors, and a school psychologist.
The school has an active PTA that organizes afterschool activities, and produces its own podcast, Between 2 Maples, available on Spotify, covering topics like reading instruction and family engagement. The school also hosts a popular weekly "Bike Bus" where students and families ride to campus together in a large, supervised group to promote wellness and safety.
Additionally, Maplewood is home to a dedicated Intensive Skills Classroom (ISC), a program that receives immense community support to provide specialized resources for students with significant adaptive needs.
Tuition: Tuition-Free Public
Address: 7452 SW 52nd Ave, Portland OR 97219. Phone: 503-916-6308. Website: pps.net/maplewood.
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Seats here aren’t first-come; they’re drawn by lottery. Each circle below is a tenth of the families who applied over the last two springs and stayed in the running (didn’t take a higher-ranked school). Filled circles got a yes.
Official PPS lottery results, 2025-26 & 2026-27 combined: offers made ÷ families still in the running (offered + waitlisted); applications cancelled for a higher-ranked school excluded. pps.net › prior transfer data. Slots reset every year.