Education in Portland, Oregon

Portland State University

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.

Public elementary and secondary education

District	Enrollment
Portland Schools	46,000
Reynolds School District	10,700
David Douglas School District	9,500
Centennial School District	6,700
Parkrose School District	3,700
Riverdale	220

Portland is served by six school districts, Parkrose, David Douglas, Centennial, 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; Hollyrood, Martin Luther King Jr., Laurelhurst and Harvey Scott. Also here are a list of some of the middle schools; Harriet Tubman, Beaumont, Fernwood and Gregory Heights.

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.

Portland high schools

School name	District	Established	Enrollment	Notable alumni
Benson Polytechnic High School	Portland Public			A. C. Green
Cleveland High School	Portland Public			Phil Knight
David Douglas High School	David Douglas
Franklin High School	Portland Public
Grant High School	Portland Public			Terrell Brandon, Sally Struthers, Beverly Cleary, Thomas M. Lauderdale
Jefferson High School	Portland Public			Terry Baker, Aaron Miles
Lincoln High School	Portland Public			Mel Blanc, Elliott Smith, Matt Groening, Peter Jacobsen, S. David Griggs
Madison High School	Portland Public
Marshall High School	Portland Public
Mount Scott Alternative High School	Portland Public
Parkrose High School	Parkrose			Michael Allen Harrison, Susan J. Helms
Roosevelt High School	Portland Public
Metropolitan Learning Center	Portland Public
Riverdale	Riverdale	1888	220
Woodrow Wilson High School	Portland Public			Damon Stoudamire, Wayne Twitchell, Dale Murphy

Private primary and secondary education

The region also has a number of private schools, including: Catlin Gabel School, Central Catholic 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, 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.

Colleges and universities

Public colleges and universities

Waldschmidt Hall at the University of Portland.

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 (see below), 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.

Private colleges and universities

Institution	Type	Founded	President	Enrollment
Cascade College	Christian	1993	Dr. William Goad	closed
Concordia University	Lutheran	1905	Dr. Charles Schlimpert	1700
Lewis & Clark College	Private	1867	Dr. Barry Glassner	3713
Linfield College (Portland Campus)	Private	1858	Dr. Thomas L. Hellie	350
Multnomah University and Biblical Seminary	Christian	1936	Dr. Daniel R. Lockwood	860
Pacific Northwest College of Art	Private	1910	Thomas Manley	550
University of Portland	Catholic	1901	Rev. Mark Leon Poorman	3911
Reed College	Private	1908	John Kroger	1464
Warner Pacific College	Christian	1937	Dr. Andrea Cook	644
Total				11,951

Portland Bible College, Walla Walla University (School of Nursing), and Western Seminary are also located in the city.

Medical schools

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 College of Natural Medicine, and Western States Chiropractic College.

Law schools

Portland's only law school is Lewis & Clark Law School, affiliated with Lewis & Clark College.

Art schools

These include the Art Institute of Portland, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Oregon College of Art and Craft, and Northwest Film Center.

Other private schools

• Oregon Culinary Institute
• Pensole

Weekend educational programs

The Portland Japanese School, a weekend Japanese educational program for Japanese citizens and Japanese Americans, holds its classes at Hazelbrook Middle School at Tualatin and has its school office in Beaverton. The school first opened in 1971 and students come from areas throughout the Portland metropolitan area.