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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Benson Polytechnic High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
896
High
DISTRICT 1,332 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000956
Benson Polytechnic High School
546 NE 12th Ave, Portland, OR 97232 · (503) 916-5100 · Multnomah County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL896 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Oregon public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
376 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 76%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 305 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 217 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 203 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 171 | 19% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.5%
OR avg 43.0% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
OR avg 31.8% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.5% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 15.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Benson Polytechnic High School
Benson Polytechnic High School's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benson Polytechnic High School this school | 896 | 42.0% | 29.8% |
| Roosevelt High School Portland | 1,450 | 41.9% | 20.5% |
| Franklin High School Portland | 1,807 | 41.9% | 35.0% |
| Southridge High School Beaverton | 1,430 | 49.9% | 32.5% |
| Grant High School Portland | 2,149 | 41.8% | 56.9% |
| Lincoln High School Portland | 1,611 | 42.0% | 56.1% |
Matched among Oregon high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Benson Polytechnic High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #90 of 177 | #8 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #51 of 194 ▲ 45 | #6 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #90 of 201 ▲ 21 | #8 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 896 | #73 of 257 | #14 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #22 of 171 | #2 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #10 of 171 | #6 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.0% | #190 of 207 | #11 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #32 of 102 | #3 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
896
-109 (-11%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 1,500
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 896 | 58.2 | 15.4:1 | 42% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 818 | 55.4 | 14.8:1 | 43% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 824 | 59.5 | 13.8:1 | 65% (534) |
| 2020-21 | 1,005 | 65 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,027 | 58 | 17.7:1 | 56% (577) |
| 2015-16 | 914 | 54 | 16.9:1 | 64% (584) |
| 2010-11 | 986 | 51 | 19.3:1 | 61% (600) |
| 2000-01 | 1,475 | 79 | 18.7:1 | 28% (406) |
| 1990-91 | 1,500 | 83 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benson Polytechnic High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,027 to 896); teachers unchanged (58 to 58.2).
About Benson Polytechnic High School
At 546 NE 12th Ave in Portland, Oregon, Benson Polytechnic High School operates as a medium-sized high school. Its 896 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Oregon is about 630 students.
Across its 86 schools, Portland SD 1J enrolls 41,894 students. Benson Polytechnic High School is one of those schools.
Benson Polytechnic High School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 44%. Other students are 26% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% Black, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Multnomah County residents are about 68% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Benson Polytechnic High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.4:1, with 58.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 19.8:1 average for high schools in Oregon is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Benson Polytechnic High School is 42%. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in Multnomah County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Benson Polytechnic High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Benson Polytechnic High School ranks in the bottom 10% of Oregon schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 29.8%. Predicted: 46.3%. Difference: 16.4 points.
Federal survey data for Multnomah County show that median household income is about $88,766, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 169 public schools operate in Multnomah County, serving about 81,096 students.
Of nearby public schools, Alliance High School is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Benson Polytechnic High School is behind the 50.7% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
NCES assigns Benson Polytechnic High School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 896 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 1,005.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Benson Polytechnic High School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portland SD 1J
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Nearby schools
- Alliance High School0.1 mi · 197
- Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School0.5 mi · 376
- Buckman Elementary School0.5 mi · 306
- da Vinci Middle School0.6 mi · 427
- Irvington Elementary School0.9 mi · 249
- Harriet Tubman Middle School1.1 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Benson Polytechnic High SchoolHow many students attend Benson Polytechnic High School?
Benson Polytechnic High School enrolls approximately 896 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Benson Polytechnic High School serve?
Benson Polytechnic High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Benson Polytechnic High School have?
Benson Polytechnic High School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Benson Polytechnic High School?
At Benson Polytechnic High School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 26% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Benson Polytechnic High School public or private?
Benson Polytechnic High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Portland SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.