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Enrollment
1,650
High
DISTRICT 1,332 · STATE 630
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000975
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School
1151 SW Vermont St, Portland, OR 97219 · (503) 916-5280 · Multnomah County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,650 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Oregon public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
20.0:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 19.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
692 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 | 411 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 426 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 375 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 438 | 27% |
Student demographics
47%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
54.8%
OR avg 43.0% . +18.3pp since 2023
Math
30.1%
OR avg 31.8% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.8% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 22.2% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School this school | 1,650 | 41.9% | 38.3% |
| Grant High School Portland | 2,149 | 41.8% | 56.9% |
| Cleveland High School Portland | 1,421 | 41.9% | 53.9% |
| Lincoln High School Portland | 1,611 | 42.0% | 56.1% |
| Bend Senior High School Bend | 1,204 | 48.3% | 21.4% |
| Mountain View Senior High School Bend | 1,161 | 48.9% | 36.0% |
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 Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #42 of 177 | #4 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #35 of 194 ▲ 29 | #5 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #47 of 201 ▲ 75 | #6 of 17 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,650 | #28 of 257 | #8 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #92 of 171 | #9 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #85 of 171 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #193 of 207 | #14 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #31 of 67 | #5 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
1,650
+110 (+7%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,600
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 1,650 | 82.5 | 20.0:1 | 42% (692) |
| 2023-24 | 1,650 | 81 | 20.4:1 | 20% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 1,556 | 76.2 | 20.4:1 | 14% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 1,540 | 77 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,510 | 75 | 20.1:1 | 19% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 1,324 | 68 | 19.5:1 | 20% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 1,435 | 62 | 23.1:1 | 21% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 1,614 | 73 | 22.1:1 | 6% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 1,600 | 75 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (1,510 to 1,650); teachers up 10% (75 to 82.5).
About Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School is a public high school run by Portland SD 1J in Portland, Oregon. Total enrollment is 1,650 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Oregon enroll about 630 students on average.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School is part of a district of 86 schools: Portland SD 1J, with 41,894 students.
White students are 70% of those enrolled at Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School. Other reported shares: 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. That is in line with Multnomah County, where about 68% of residents are White. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School are from different groups.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School has 82.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1. The average ratio among high schools in Oregon is similar, at 19.8:1. At Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School, 42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 33 points below the 75% average for public schools in Multnomah County.
On the allk12 Grade, Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School lands at B, ahead of 62% of Oregon public high schools.
In Oregon, Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 38.3% actual against a predicted 46.3%.
The school's county is Multnomah County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $88,766, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 169 public schools in the county, enrolling about 81,096, Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School among them.
Measured in a straight line, Rieke Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,650, up from 1,540 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
- Cleveland High SchoolHigh · 1,421 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
- Rieke Elementary School0.3 mi · 279
- Gray Middle School0.7 mi · 439
- Capitol Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 323
- Portland Village School1.2 mi · 408
- The Cottonwood School of Civics and Science1.4 mi · 198
- Riverdale High School1.6 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Ida B. Wells-Barnett High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School?
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School enrolls approximately 1,650 students in grades 09-12.
Is Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School is approximately 20.0:1 (82 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School?
At Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School?
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School is overseen by Portland SD 1J in Multnomah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.