Best High Schools in Oregon for African American Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Oregon!

Every year, the Oregon Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Oregon test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the OSAS test scores by the Oregon Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 3, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 11)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
411004000962	1	Grant High School	Public	9-12	2245 NE 36th Ave	Portland	97212	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 916-5160	2,156	101	21.2	14.1%	1,464 (67.9%)	119 (5.5%)	156 (7.2%)	70 (3.2%)	5 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	306 (14.2%)	$19,579			$1,553			$18,026	90.9%	95.5%	4.61%
410192001855	2	Mountainside High School	Public	9-12	12500 SW 175th Ave	Beaverton	97007	Washington County	Beaverton School District 48J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 356-3500	1,758	79	22.2	21.7%	1,038 (59.0%)	57 (3.2%)	250 (14.2%)	225 (12.8%)	8 (0.5%)	16 (0.9%)	159 (9.0%)	$15,696			$689			$15,007	81.8%	81.0%	0.85%
410394001037	3	David Douglas High School	Public	9-12	1001 SE 135th Ave	Portland	97233	Multnomah County	David Douglas School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 261-8300	2,698	144	18.6	73.2%	809 (30.0%)	338 (12.5%)	818 (30.3%)	449 (16.6%)	15 (0.6%)	81 (3.0%)	161 (6.0%)	$24,411			$1,861			$22,550	72.7%	37.7%	35.04%
410002301248	4	Century High School	Public	9-12	2000 SE Century Blvd	Hillsboro	97123	Washington County	Hillsboro School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 844-1800	1,551	71	21.7	46.0%	620 (40.0%)	59 (3.8%)	512 (33.0%)	179 (11.5%)	9 (0.6%)	22 (1.4%)	135 (8.7%)	$18,042			$1,130			$16,912	63.6%	65.3%	1.66%
410801001284	5	McMinnville High School	Public	9-12	615 NE 15th St	McMinnville	97128	Yamhill County	McMinnville School District 40	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 565-4200	2,319	112	20.7	37.7%	1,243 (53.6%)	27 (1.2%)	906 (39.1%)	30 (1.3%)	35 (1.5%)	10 (0.4%)	30 (1.3%)	$16,021			$758			$15,263	54.5%	69.4%	14.86%
411082000818	6	North Salem High School	Public	9-12	765 14th St NE	Salem	97301	Marion County	Salem-Keizer School District 24J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 399-3241	2,239	105	21.3	74.2%	496 (22.2%)	49 (2.2%)	1,428 (63.8%)	36 (1.6%)	18 (0.8%)	97 (4.3%)	104 (4.6%)	$19,210			$1,412			$17,799	45.5%	14.2%	31.28%
410002301585	7	Liberty High School	Public	9-12	7445 NE Wagon Dr	Hillsboro	97124	Washington County	Hillsboro School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 844-1250	1,454	72	20.2	45.5%	589 (40.5%)	42 (2.9%)	596 (41.0%)	81 (5.6%)	18 (1.2%)	16 (1.1%)	110 (7.6%)	$18,332			$1,064			$17,268	36.4%	53.4%	16.99%
410280001020	8	Centennial High School	Public	9-12	3505 SE 182nd Ave	Gresham	97030	Multnomah County	Centennial School District 28J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 762-6180	1,756	74	23.8	64.9%	591 (33.7%)	126 (7.2%)	584 (33.3%)	260 (14.8%)	12 (0.7%)	54 (3.1%)	117 (6.7%)	$21,737			$1,715			$20,022	27.3%	23.1%	4.14%
410883000093	9	Clackamas High School	Public	9-12	14486 SE 122nd Ave	Clackamas	97015	Clackamas County	North Clackamas School District 12	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 353-5800	1,224	49	24.8	26.7%	631 (51.6%)	36 (2.9%)	187 (15.3%)	251 (20.5%)	5 (0.4%)	7 (0.6%)	88 (7.2%)	$21,894			$1,754			$20,140	18.2%	44.8%	26.59%
411004000968	10	Leodis V. McDaniel High School	Public	9-12	2735 NE 82nd Ave	Portland	97220	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 916-5220	1,440	92	15.6	65.0%	511 (35.5%)	179 (12.4%)	376 (26.1%)	165 (11.5%)	10 (0.7%)	24 (1.7%)	149 (10.3%)	$23,798			$1,604			$22,194	9.1%	52.2%	43.15%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on OSAS English Language Arts, OSAS Mathematics, OSAS Science test scores released by the Oregon Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 3, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Oregon Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Oregon Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.