Tours will be offered at the following schools, Saturday, April 9, from 10 a.m. to noon:
You have a stake in Portland Public Schools. With 47,000 students and 85 schools, PPS is core to every neighborhood. Our schools are your schools.
Here are our latest results — and how we intend to get better, even in a time of tight budgets.
Our goal is to prepare each student with the knowledge and skills he or she needs to succeed in life and help Portland thrive. We’re focused on what counts:
We’re seeing better results. Students have a longer school year. Student achievement has improved at key grades. More students are on track to graduate. Enrollment is growing as more families choose our schools.
And we know we must do better, especially for students of color.
Our schools — your schools — can’t do it alone. We need, and appreciate, your involvement.
Carole Smith
Portland Public Schools Superintendent
Milestones are specific measures at key grades. They are linked to future student educational success.
Percent of students meeting milestones |
One-year change |
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| Entering first grade ready to read | 76% |  |
*6% |
| Third-graders exceeding reading benchmark | 46% |  |
4% |
| Seventh-graders meeting writing standard | 52% |  |
-3% |
| Seventh-graders with 90% or better attendance rate | 83% | |
1% |
| Eighth-graders passing algebra | 57% | |
13% |
| Students entering 10th grade on track to graduate | 55% | |
4% |
| Graduation rate (Freshmen earning diploma within four years) | 55% | †NA | |
| Graduation rate (Nat’l Center for Education Statistics — one-year rate) | 70% | |
2% |
| *Increase over 2007-08, no data collected in 2008-09 †First year of ODE cohort rate. |
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