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Two plans would close 11 or 14 Portland public schools
District staff showed the board two proposed plans to deal with schools that have too few students. Scenario A would close 14 schools and change 38 attendance boundaries. Scenario B would close 11 schools and keep Stephenson, Rose City Park and Lewis open. Both plans also move language immersion programs, turn seven K-8 schools into K-5 schools, and shift some students to new schools.
Decision: No vote: this was an update to the board. These are proposals only, and no decision was requested.
Who it affects: Students, families and staff across the district, with about 27% of students changing schools under Scenario A and 24% under Scenario B.
Money: The district says it spends an average of $9,484.17 per student on basic staffing. Smaller schools cost more per student; for example, Jefferson High School costs $13,638.41 per student and Grant High School costs $8,010.06.
Next: The district will gather community feedback. The Superintendent will make a recommendation in mid-November, and the board will vote on it at a public meeting in December.
Official record
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R I G H T S I Z I N G · R E G I O N A L S U M M A R Y
Cleveland / Franklin region
Schools in the Cleveland and Franklin high school areas, compared across three scenarios.
S C E N A R I O A
6 schools close
Buckman · Creston · Lewis · Marysville · Sellwood MS ·
Woodmere
S C E N A R I O B
5 schools close
Buckman · Creston · Marysville · Sellwood MS · Woodmere
Cleveland / Franklin, side by side All figures are projections for the 2031–32 school year.
Measure SCENARIO A SCENARIO B
Schools that would close 6 5
Schools above the sustainability threshold 71% 59%
Students attending a school above the threshold 82% 73%
Students Experiencing Poverty in Sustainable Schools 81% 75%
Historically Underserved Students in Sustainable Schools 84% 78%
Students Receiving Special Education Services in Sustainable Schools 80% 69%
Multilingual Learners in Sustainable Schools 86% 83%
S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y
T H R E S H O L D S K–5: 360 students K–8 and middle school: 500 students High school: 1,100 students
S T A T U S Q U O
0 schools close
No schools close and no boundaries change.
STATUS QUO
0
19%
38%
36%
37%
30%
43%
R I G H T S I Z I N G · C L E V E L A N D / F R A N K L I N R E G I O N
What changes under each scenario
Every school affected in this region, grouped by the kind of change.
S C E N A R I O A 6 schools close · 71% of schools above threshold
⊗ SCHOOLS CLOSING 6
Buckman · Creston · Lewis · Marysville · Sellwood MS · Woodmere
◫ ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY CHANGES 15
Abernethy · Arleta · Atkinson · Brentwood MS · Cleveland HS · Duniway · Franklin HS
· Hosford MS · Kellogg MS · Kelly · Lent · Llewellyn · Mt. Tabor ·
Sunnyside Environmental · Whitman
→ PROGRAM MOVES 2
Spanish: Atkinson to Lent · Creston Deaf and Hard of Hearing to Glencoe
⇅ GRADE-LEVEL CHANGES 2
Bridger Creative Science 6–8 to Harrison Park MS · Sunnyside Environmental 6–8 to Hosford MS
S C E N A R I O B 5 schools close · 59% of schools above threshold
⊗ SCHOOLS CLOSING 5
Buckman · Creston · Marysville · Sellwood MS · Woodmere
◫ ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY CHANGES 14
Abernethy · Arleta · Atkinson · Brentwood MS · Cleveland HS · Franklin HS · Hosford MS · Kellogg
MS · Kelly · Lent · Lewis · Mt. Tabor · Sunnyside Environmental · Whitman
→ PROGRAM MOVES 2
Spanish: Atkinson to Lent · Creston Deaf and Hard of Hearing to Glencoe
⇅ GRADE-LEVEL CHANGES 2
Bridger Creative Science 6–8 to Harrison Park MS · Sunnyside Environmental 6–8 to Hosford MS
Boundary changes include schools that gain area as well as those that lose it. All figures are projections for the 2031–32 school year. Updated October 3, 2026
