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Early Learning Matters

5121 NE Elam Young Pkwy. Suite A Hillsboro, OR 97124

Tel: (503) 648-8917

www.elmhillsboro.com

Quick Facts (2026-27)

School Type: Early Childhood / Day Care
Grades: Nursery/Preschool-Kindergarten
Enrollment: 98 students
Average class size: 15 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: ✓Verified school update

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Quick Facts (2026-27)

School Type: Early Childhood / Day Care
Grades: Nursery/Preschool-Kindergarten
Enrollment: 98 students
Average class size: 15 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: ✓Verified school update

School Facts

School Type

Early Childhood / Day Care

Religious Affiliation

Nonsectarian

Grades Offered

Grades Nursery/Preschool-Kindergarten

Students By Grade

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Distribution of Students By Grade
Grade	Early Learning Matters
Nursery	45
Pre-K	45
Kind	8

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Year Founded

2005

Summer School Offered

Yes

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Student Body

Total Students

98 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

Academic Profile

Total Classroom Teachers

6 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

16:1

National avg.: 11:1

% Faculty w/Advanced Degree

75%

Average Class Size

15 students

Classroom Dress Code

Casual

School Membership(s)School Assoc.

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Tuition & Financial Aid

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Admissions Director

Kandy Dicken

Application URL

Online Application

School Notes

Early Learning Matters provides opportunities in an enriched environment where children grow the mind and become strong and independent thinkers.
ELMs child programs include a brain based preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten program, summer classes, and community, parent, and teacher education.

Early Learning Matters (ELM) is adedicatedPreschool and Kindergarten committed to helping all children develop thinking and personal leadership skills.It`s joyful. It`s nurturing. It`s effective.We invite you to come and see for yourself why ELM has been Hillsboro`s early childhood school of choice, referred by pediatricians, educators, and learning specialists, for nearly 20 years.

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