Metropolitan Learning Center

Set in Portland, Oregon, Metropolitan Learning Center is a cozy multi-level school, operated by Portland SD 1J. It teaches 319 students across grades K through 12.

Metropolitan Learning Center is one of 86 schools operated by Portland SD 1J, a district that teaches 41,894 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Metropolitan Learning Center records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Metropolitan Learning Center reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.5:1, putting Metropolitan Learning Center tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Multnomah County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Multnomah County reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,766 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Multnomah County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), Metropolitan Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lincoln High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Metropolitan Learning Center.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 18%: 391 students in 2018 compared to 319 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 76% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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