Leodis V. McDaniel High School

As a heavily attended four-year high school in Portland, Oregon, Leodis V. McDaniel High School serves 1,681 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Portland SD 1J. Compared to the state average of about 630 students per school, that is 167% bigger than typical.

Leodis V. McDaniel High School is one of 86 schools operated by Portland SD 1J, a district that caters to 41,894 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Leodis V. McDaniel High School reports that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 28% Hispanic, 12% Black, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Leodis V. McDaniel High School logs 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.8:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at Leodis V. McDaniel High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Multnomah County's rate of about 75%.

After controlling for student poverty, Leodis V. McDaniel High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.6%, the actual is 29.9%, a residual of +5.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Multnomah County shows median household earnings sit near $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%. Across Multnomah County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), Leodis V. McDaniel High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Roseway Heights School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Leodis V. McDaniel High School. On composite proficiency, Leodis V. McDaniel High School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Leodis V. McDaniel High School's enrollment has edged up 47% since 2018, when it stood at 1,141 (now 1,681). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 17% to 12% over that span.

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