Multnomah County · Oregon
Portland, OR public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Portland SD 1J — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Portland SD 1J is the primary public district for Portland, OR. It enrolls 44,740 students in 86 schools with 2,740 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $24,533 per pupil, 42% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 44,740NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 86Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 16.3Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $24,533Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Portland
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 59.6%
- $558,742,000
- State revenue
- 33.2%
- $311,343,000
- Federal revenue
- 7.1%
- $66,621,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Portland property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 34 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Portland SD 1J (LEAID 4110040) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
Keep going
Other Portland data on this site.
NCES LEAID 4110040. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.