David Douglas High School

David Douglas High School is a 9-12 campus of big scale in Portland, Oregon, operated by David Douglas SD 40, caters to 2,756 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 337% larger than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 630 students.

David Douglas SD 40 comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 8,716 students; David Douglas High School is among them.

On demographics, David Douglas High School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 28% White, 15% Asian, 13% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 138 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 92% of students at David Douglas High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Multnomah County (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, David Douglas High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.6%.

In the broader community, Multnomah County reports that median household income runs about $88,766, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Multnomah County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), of which David Douglas High School is one.

Lincoln Park Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around David Douglas High School. On composite proficiency, David Douglas High School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 26.3%.

David Douglas High School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. David Douglas High School's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 3,141 (now 2,756). White enrollment moved from 36% to 28% across the same window.

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