Schools · Portland
Portland, OR schools
Kids attend one of 51 schools through grade 8, then one of 20 middle schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Portland’s School Grade: B
The public schools Portland’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 63% of Oregon’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Graduation
Oregon school districts we grade (163)Better than 63%
Lower resultsHigher results
Oregon towns with similar household incomes (175)Better than 63%
Lower confidence. Built on 0 tested students and a graduating class of 3,446. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Oregon’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Oregon only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Oregon with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Portland kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–8, Portland School District 1J)5%
State average 30.9% · reported as a range, 0–10% (a small group)
Graduation · class of 2020
84% graduate on time
Graduation rate
84%
OR: 83.1%
Graduating class
3,446
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #71 of 139 OR towns →
Districts
The district serving Portland
Portland School District 1JGrades PK–12 · 86 schools · 41,894 students
$21,557 per studentOR $17,749BEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 178 schools in Portland
Showing 1–30 of 178 schools
Laurelhurst Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 660 students
PublicAinsworth Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 587 students
PublicFaubion Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 585 students
PublicVernon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 564 students
PublicBeverly Cleary SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 535 students
PublicRichmond Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 530 students
PublicHayhurst Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 525 students
PublicGilbert Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 503 students
PublicAlameda Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 498 students
PublicMill Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 494 students
PublicScott Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 493 students
PublicGlenfair Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 489 students
D-PublicBridger Creative Science SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 474 students
PublicSunnyside Environmental SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 461 students
PublicLincoln Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 457 students
PublicCesar Chavez K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 453 students
PublicRose City ParkElementary · Grades K–5 · 448 students
PublicCherry Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 442 students
PublicBridlemile Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 418 students
PublicAstor Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 413 students
PublicPortland Village SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 408 students
CharterGilbert Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 405 students
PublicParklane Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 397 students
PublicWoodstock Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 393 students
PublicPowell Butte Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 392 students
D-PublicDuniway Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 387 students
PublicKelly Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 385 students
PublicLe Monde French Immersion Public Charter SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 376 students
CharterLlewellyn Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 373 students
PublicAtkinson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 372 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.