Grant High School

Grant High School, a large secondary school in Portland, Oregon, overseen by Portland SD 1J, serves 2,149 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 630 students per school, that is 241% bigger than typical.

Portland SD 1J comprises 86 schools with combined enrollment of 41,894 students; Grant High School is among them.

On demographics, Grant High School records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian. Compared to Multnomah County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. The state averages about 19.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 42% of students at Grant High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Multnomah County (around 75%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grant High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.4%; this one delivers 56.9%.

Around the school, census data for Multnomah County shows the typical household earns roughly $88,766 per year, 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 Grant High School is one.

Beverly Cleary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grant High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grant High School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Grant High School's enrollment has expanded 42% since 2018, when it stood at 1,511 (now 2,149). White enrollment moved from 71% to 66% across the same window.

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