Looking for Portland and suburbs residents

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<p>Can you give me your opinions on excellent high schools in Portland and surrounding areas (Vancouver especially), public, private, alternative, etc.</p>

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<p>Im assuming you mean OR and not ME?
Portland district is actually larger than Seattle- because while Seattle is a bigger city, higher % of students attend public school in Portland.
<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Public_Schools,_Oregon[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Public_Schools,_Oregon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I don’t live there- but I hope this helps</p>

<p>Lincoln- which is in SW Portland- close to where we used to stay ( the Mallory Hotel- now changed hands) has a good reputation</p>

<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_High_School_(Portland[/url])”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_High_School_(Portland)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Cleveland high school in SE Portland-closest to Reed was the school where my D did her work study freshman year - ( she was a tutor- ironically mostly in math- which is not her best subject-)
<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_High_School_(Oregon)[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_High_School_(Oregon)&lt;/a&gt;
Along with Lincoln, Cleveland also has the IB program</p>

<p>Don’t really know anything about Vancouvers’ schools, except that a friend of younger Ds, had to move there, since the Seattle schools did not have accomodations for her profoundly deaf sister
[not a lot of choices if you are deaf](<a href=“http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/deafschool”>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/deafschool&lt;/a&gt;)</p>

<p>If I had one area or the other to move to- I would pick Portland- although some live in Vancouver and work in Portland- apparently from traffic flow.</p>

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<p>Thanks much!</p>

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<p>I live east of Portland, so I am not all that familiar with Portland high schools, but I do know that Lincoln has the IB program and quite a good reputation. I believe Grant is also highly reputed. They always had a good team in the Science Bowl when my sons competed. In the suburbs, Beaverton is, I believe, good. There is a science magnet high school in that area, too. I forget its name. Gresham High School started an IB program recently, but I don’t believe it is yet the caliber of Lincoln’s. There are a couple excellent private schools in the Portland area, but their names escape me at the moment. Oh yeah, one is Portland Episcopal. It has had finalists in that big national science competition, the Westinghouse or whatever it is now called. </p>

<p>I could probably tell you more if I had a better memory… well, maybe that will be some help.</p>

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<p>The two top privates are Catlin Gable (non-boarding) and Oregon Episcopal School (some boarding). Lincoln is considered the best Portland public. In the suburbs, Beaverton is excellent, but larger (2100 students vs. 1400 at Lincoln). In the affluent area of Lake Oswego, Lake Oswego HS and Lakeridge HS are highly desired.</p>

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<p>Ah, yes, those were the two private schools! thanks for the addition and correction! As I said, my memory tends to have lapses…</p>