School closures and boundary changes

Proposals, not decisions

Portland Public Schools (PPS) has proposed two scenarios to close some schools and change boundaries, because fewer students are enrolled. Nothing is decided yet. The school board plans to vote on December 15, 2026.

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The scenarios side by side

	Scenario A	Scenario B	No change
Schools or sites that would close	14	11	0
Students who would change schools	27%	24%	0%
Schools at or above the size PPS calls sustainable	67%	57%	26%
Students in a school of that size	80%	73%	48%

PPS projections for the 2031–32 school year.

What each scenario would change

Scenario A

Schools that would close (14)

Beach · Buckman · Creston · Irvington · James John · Lewis · Maplewood · Marysville · Peninsula · Rose City Park · Sabin · Sellwood MS · Stephenson · Woodmere

Attendance boundary changes (38)

Abernethy · Arleta · Astor · Atkinson · Beaumont MS · Beverly Cleary · Brentwood MS · Capitol Hill · Chief Joseph · Cleveland HS · Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. · Duniway · Faubion · Franklin HS · George MS · Harriet Tubman MS · Harrison Park MS · Hayhurst · Hosford MS · Jackson MS · Jefferson HS · Kellogg MS · Kelly · Lent · Lincoln HS · Llewellyn · Markham · McDaniel · Mt. Tabor MS · Ockley Green MS · Rieke · Robert Gray MS · Roosevelt HS · Rosa Parks · Scott · Sitton · Sunnyside Environmental · Whitman

Program moves

Beach, James John, Sitton → Cesar Chavez (Spanish)
Atkinson → Lent
Scott → Rigler
Beaumont MS → Roseway Heights MS
Chavez 6–8, Ockley Green MS → George MS
Rose City Park → Vestal (Vietnamese)
Clark → Woodstock (Mandarin)
MLK Jr. → Boise-Eliot/Humboldt
Creston → Glencoe (Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
Odyssey → MLC

Grade changes

Beverly Cleary: Grades would move 6–8 → Beaumont MS
Laurelhurst: Grades would move 6–8 → Mt. Tabor MS
Bridger Creative Science: Grades would move 6–8 → Harrison Park MS
Sunnyside Environmental: Grades would move 6–8 → Hosford MS
Faubion: Grades would move 6–8 → Ockley Green MS
Vernon: Grades would move 6–8 → Harriet Tubman MS
Chavez: Grades would move 6-8 → George
MLC: Would become K-8

The MLC (9–12) high school program would also close, with students moving to their neighborhood high school; it is not counted as a school closure.

The document prints 13 next to PROGRAM MOVES and 8 next to GRADE-LEVEL CHANGES.

Scenario B

Schools that would close (11)

Beach · Buckman · Creston · Irvington · James John · Maplewood · Marysville · Peninsula · Sabin · Sellwood MS · Woodmere

Attendance boundary changes (34)

Abernethy · Arleta · Astor · Atkinson · Beaumont MS · Beverly Cleary · Brentwood MS · Chief Joseph · Cleveland HS · Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. · Faubion · Franklin HS · George MS · Harriet Tubman MS · Harrison Park MS · Hayhurst · Hosford MS · Jackson MS · Jefferson HS · Kellogg MS · Kelly · Lent · Lewis · Lincoln HS · McDaniel · Mt. Tabor MS · Ockley Green MS · Rieke · Robert Gray MS · Roosevelt HS · Rosa Parks · Sitton · Sunnyside Environmental · Whitman

Program moves

Beach, James John, Sitton → Cesar Chavez (Spanish)
Atkinson → Lent
Scott → Rigler
Beaumont MS → Roseway Heights MS
Chavez 6–8, Ockley Green MS → George MS
Clark → Woodstock (Mandarin)
MLK Jr. → Boise-Eliot/Humboldt
Creston → Glencoe (Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
Odyssey → MLC

Grade changes

Beverly Cleary: Grades would move 6–8 → Beaumont MS
Laurelhurst: Grades would move 6–8 → Mt. Tabor MS
Bridger Creative Science: Grades would move 6–8 → Harrison Park MS
Sunnyside Environmental: Grades would move 6–8 → Hosford MS
Faubion: Grades would move 6–8 → Ockley Green MS
Vernon: Grades would move 6–8 → Harriet Tubman MS
Chavez: Grades would move 6-8 → George
MLC: Would become K-8

The MLC (9–12) high school program would also close, with students moving to their neighborhood high school; it is not counted as a school closure.

The document prints 12 next to PROGRAM MOVES and 8 next to GRADE-LEVEL CHANGES.

Timeline

September 8, 2026 Teaching, Learning & Enrollment: Well-resourced School Focus
October 5, 2026 Scenario Release
October 6, 2026 Board Meeting: Scenarios
October 13, 2026 TLE Committee: Dual Language Immersion and Middle Grades
October 20, 2026 Board Meeting: Scenarios
November 4, 2026 Board Meeting: Feedback Summary
November 9, 2026 FIO Committee: Rightsizing (Facilities Focus)
November 10, 2026 TLE Committee: Rightsizing
November 17, 2026 Board Meeting: Superintendent's Recommendation
December 15, 2026 Board Meeting: Rightsizing Vote

Community meetings

Community Voice: Native Families
October 26, 2026 · 6:00p · Barbie’s Village · Native/Indigenous Families, Partners
District Student Council
October 27, 2026 · 5:00p · PEC · High School Students
Board of Education Community Connection
October 27, 2026 · 6:00p · Lincoln HS · All
Board of Education Community Connection
October 28, 2026 · 6:00p · Virtual via Zoom · All
PPS Educator Town Hall
October 29, 2026 · 6:00p · Cleveland @ Marshall · All PPS Educators
The Village Table
November 5, 2026 · 6:00p · Roosevelt HS · Village Table Representatives
Board of Education Community Connection
November 14, 2026 · 2:00p · Ida B. Wells HS · All

School board decisions and updates

Bond audit finds schools delivered but $762,000 overpaid to consultant
An outside auditor reviewed how Portland Public Schools spent school construction bond money from July 2024 to June 2026. Bonds are voter-approved borrowing for building and fixing schools. The audit found the district has kept its promises to voters and finished more projects than planned, but also found weak money controls, spending that should not have come from bond funds, and more than $762,000 overpaid to the outside firm now hired to manage the bond program.

Portland Public Schools · October 20, 2026 · No vote: this was a report to the board. · District 2, District 3, District 4

Schools and education Budget, taxes and fees City government
School board reviews two plans to close Portland schools
District staff showed the board how two proposed plans to shrink the number of schools compare. Scenario A would close 14 schools and Scenario B would close 11. Staff measured each plan by school size, walking distance, how students move from school to school, and how many students, including students of color, students in poverty and students with disabilities, would have to change schools.

Portland Public Schools · October 20, 2026 · No vote: this was an update to the board. The two scenarios are proposals only. The superintendent plans to recommend a plan on November 17, and the board plans to vote on December 15. · District 2, District 3, District 4

Schools and education
Portland schools report which state standards they met last year
Each year the district must tell the public how it did on Oregon's school standards, called Division 22. For 2025-26, the district met almost all standards but fell short in four areas: instructional time, a diploma for veterans, school library and media programs, and buying class materials on the state's schedule. Budget-related furlough days put the district below the governor's instructional time order, and the state approved its plan to restore the hours by the 2027-28 school year.

Portland Public Schools · October 20, 2026 · No vote: this was a report to the board. · District 2, District 3, District 4

Schools and education
Bond watchdog group says school building projects are on track
A volunteer community committee that watches how Portland Public Schools spends voter-approved bond money gave its regular report. It found the money is being spent only on allowed projects, there is enough to finish the promised work, and the rebuilds of Cleveland, Jefferson and Ida B. Wells high schools and the Grice-Adair Center are on schedule to open in fall 2029. It also noted an ongoing dispute with the contractor that built Benson High School.

Portland Public Schools · October 6, 2026 · No vote: this was a report to the board. · District 2, District 3, District 4

Schools and education Budget, taxes and fees
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.

Portland Public Schools · October 6, 2026 · No vote: this was an update to the board. These are proposals only, and no decision was requested. · District 2, District 3, District 4

Schools and education
School board votes on autism services, legal and math software contracts
The board must approve any district contract over $150,000. This resolution covers two agreements with Reynolds School District and David Douglas School District to provide regional services for eligible people with autism. It also extends a legal services contract with the Miller Nash law firm and renews i-Ready math and reading licenses for grades 6 to 8 from Curriculum Associates.

Portland Public Schools · October 6, 2026 · The board was scheduled to vote at the October 6, 2026 meeting. The result will be in the minutes, which are not published yet.

Schools and education Budget, taxes and fees Health and social services
School board responds to audit of school construction bond spending
An outside audit of Portland Public Schools' construction bond program made ten recommendations to the school board. A bond is money voters approve for building and repairing schools, paid back through property taxes. In its draft answers, the board agrees with all ten, including hiring an extra internal auditor paid with bond money, yearly reviews of bond spending, clearer rules for how board members oversee the bond, and posting answers to board members' unanswered questions online.

Portland Public Schools · September 29, 2026 · The board was scheduled to vote on this resolution at its September 29, 2026 special meeting. The result will be in the minutes.

Schools and education Budget, taxes and fees City government
Update on school construction paid for by Portland school bonds
District staff gave the board a progress report on school building projects paid for by voter-approved bonds from 2012, 2017, 2020 and 2025. New buildings for Jefferson High School and Cleveland High School are under construction, and Ida B. Wells High School is in design, with a groundbreaking set for November 13. Students at all three are expected to move into new buildings in the 2029-30 school year.

Portland Public Schools · September 15, 2026 · No vote: this was an update to the board. · District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4

Schools and education Budget, taxes and fees

Official sources

The facts on this page are taken automatically from official PPS documents, and a computer checks every school name, number and date against them. Last updated: October 23, 2026. PPS document dated October 4, 2026.