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Enrollment
1,421
High
DISTRICT 1,332 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000958
Cleveland High School
3400 SE 26th Ave, Portland, OR 97202 · (503) 916-5120 · Multnomah County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,421 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Oregon public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
19.8:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
596 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 | 354 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 333 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 378 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 356 | 25% |
Student demographics
49%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
67.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
OR avg 31.8% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 down about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.2% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.6% | 46.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Cleveland High School
Cleveland High School's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland High School this school | 1,421 | 41.9% | 53.9% |
| Lincoln High School Portland | 1,611 | 42.0% | 56.1% |
| Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School Portland | 1,650 | 41.9% | 38.3% |
| Wilsonville High School Wilsonville | 1,258 | 42.9% | 40.1% |
| Grant High School Portland | 2,149 | 41.8% | 56.9% |
| Franklin High School Portland | 1,807 | 41.9% | 35.0% |
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 Cleveland High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #12 of 177 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #14 of 194 ▼ 3 | #3 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #16 of 201 ▲ 8 | #4 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,421 | #46 of 257 | #12 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #88 of 171 | #7 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #78 of 171 | #14 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #192 of 207 | #13 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #43 of 102 | #6 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
1,421
-161 (-10%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,444
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 1,421 | 71.8 | 19.8:1 | 42% (596) |
| 2023-24 | 1,472 | 76.3 | 19.3:1 | 21% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 1,547 | 78.7 | 19.7:1 | 17% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 1,582 | 78 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,586 | 79.1 | 20.0:1 | 19% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 1,600 | 85 | 18.8:1 | 25% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 1,570 | 69 | 22.8:1 | 27% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 1,322 | 71 | 18.6:1 | 21% (277) |
| 1990-91 | 1,444 | 79 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cleveland High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,586 to 1,421); teachers down 9% (79.1 to 71.8).
About Cleveland High School
Cleveland High School is classified as a high school. It is located in Portland, Oregon. Enrollment stands at 1,421 students, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 126% larger than the average for high schools in Oregon.
Portland SD 1J runs 86 schools with a combined 41,894 students. Cleveland High School is one of them.
The share of White students at Cleveland High School is 68%, a majority. The remaining students are 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 3% Black. Census estimates put Multnomah County at about 68% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 71.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 19.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 19.8:1 average for high schools in Oregon. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 42%. That is 33 points below the 75% average for public schools in Multnomah County.
On the allk12 Grade, Cleveland High School lands at A, ahead of 90% of Oregon public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Cleveland High School would be expected to post about 46.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.9%.
Census data for Multnomah County show the median household earns about $88,766 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Multnomah County number 169, with about 81,096 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Hosford Middle School, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Cleveland High School is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Cleveland High School had a net loss of 161 students, or 10%.
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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
Other Cleveland High schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Cleveland High. Cleveland High School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Cleveland High SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 3,627 students
- CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLRIO RANCHO, NM · 2,596 students
- Cleveland HighClayton, NC · 1,889 students
- Cleveland HighCleveland, TN · 1,755 students
- Cleveland High SchoolCleveland, OK · 508 students
Nearby schools
- Hosford Middle School0.5 mi · 537
- Grout Elementary School0.6 mi · 295
- Winterhaven School0.6 mi · 322
- Abernethy Elementary School0.8 mi · 285
- Richmond Elementary School1.1 mi · 530
- Creston Elementary School1.2 mi · 246
Frequently asked questions
About Cleveland High SchoolHow large is Cleveland High School?
Cleveland High School enrolls approximately 1,421 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Cleveland High School serve?
Cleveland High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cleveland High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cleveland High School is approximately 19.8:1 (72 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cleveland High School?
Cleveland High School reports a student body of 68% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Cleveland High School public or private?
Cleveland 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.