Portland Oregon has a highly rated public school system and is home to many top colleges, including the Oregon Health Sciences University. Portland schools continue to place in the top of the public school ratings. Reed College is considered one of the top private universities in the U.S. The Law School at Lewis and Clark College is one of the top environmental law schools in the country.
Portland, Oregon contains six public school districts, many private schools, as well as public and private colleges and universities including Portland State University, the largest public university in Oregon.
District Enrollment
Portland Schools 49,189
Reynolds School District 10,700
David Douglas School District 9,500
Centennial School District 6,700
Parkrose School District 3,700
Riverdale 220
Beaverton 40,725
Lake Oswego 7,084
Tigard-Tualatin 12,363
Portland is served by seven school districts, Beaverton, Parkrose, Lake Oswego, David Douglas, Centennial, Tigard-Tualatin, Reynolds, Riverdale, and Portland Public. The largest, Portland Public School District consists of about 100 schools covering, in various combinations, grades kindergarten through 12, as well as 50 special education programs. The number of students in the school district is approximately 53,000 — an enrollment of over 90% of the available school-age children, a higher percentage than other large urban school districts. Some of the elementary schools include; Abernethy, Scott, Bridlemile, and Peninsula. Some of the K8 schools are Martin Luther King Jr., Beverly Cleary, Bridger, and Hayhurst. Some of the middle schools are Jackson, George, and Mt. Tabor.
Parkrose and David Douglas school districts are also fully contained within the city. The Parkrose District has a single high school, a middle school and four elementary schools. Beaverton, Lake Oswego, Tigard-Tualatin, Centennial, and Reynolds all primarily consist of suburb residents, but absorb suburban Portland and/or CDP residents.
Beaverton High School
Cleveland High School
David Douglas High School
Franklin High School
Grant High School
Jefferson High School
Lake Oswego High School
Lincoln High School
Madison High School
Marshall High School
Mount Scott Alternative High School
Parkrose High School
Roosevelt High School
Metropolitan Learning Center
Riverdale
Sunset High School
Tigard High School
Westview High School
Woodrow Wilson High School
The region also has a number of private schools, including: Catlin Gabel School, Central Catholic High School, Jesuit High School, De La Salle North Catholic High School, Franciscan Montessori Earth School & Saint Francis Academy, French American International School, The International School, The Northwest Academy, Oregon Episcopal School, St. Mary's Academy, Tucker Maxon School, Trinity Academy, Trinity Lutheran Church and School, Portland Waldorf School, Portland Jewish Academy, Village Free School, Holy Family Catholic School, Columbia Christian Schools, Portland Christian Schools, Pacific Crest Community School, Village Home Education Resource Center and Choices Independent Learning, Summa Academy and Portland Adventist Academy.
Public colleges and universities include: Portland State University, with graduate and undergraduate enrollment of over 26,000, is Oregon's largest university. Its primary campus is at the southern edge of downtown.
Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) began as the University of Oregon Medical School in 1913. In addition to its medical, nursing, and dental divisions, it merged with the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology in 2001, taking on its current name and composition.
Portland Community College has two major campuses in the city—Cascade and Sylvania—as well as the smaller Southeast Center and Metropolitan Workforce Training Center. The third large campus—Rock Creek—is located outside of the city in unincorporated Washington County.
Cascade College
Lewis & Clark College
Linfield College (Portland Campus)
Multnomah University and Biblical Seminary
Pacific Northwest College of Art
University of Portland
Reed College
Warner Pacific College
Portland Bible College
Walla Walla University (School of Nursing)
Western Seminary
Willamette University Atkinson Graduate School of Management
The majority of the OHSU campus is located on Marquam Hill southwest of Downtown Portland. OHSU has a major medical, dental, and nursing school at its primary campus just south of downtown, in the West Hills. The campus anchors a medical district (affectionately called "Pill Hill") surrounded by other hospitals including a Veterans Affairs Hospital, Portland Shriners Hospital, and Doernbecher Children's Hospital.
Schools of alternative medicine include Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, the National University of Natural Medicine, and Western States Chiropractic College.
Lewis & Clark Law School is located in SW Portland and is affiliated with Lewis & Clark College.
Much of the preceding information was first published at the Portland Schools Wikipedia web page.
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