High Schools in Parkrose School District 3

Parkrose High School is the only high school in Parkrose School District 3, serving grades 9–12 in Portland, Oregon, with 998 students. Because it is the district's sole high school, the district's high school figures mirror the school's own numbers — graduation is 78.2% at both levels, and 11th-grade ELA, math, and science proficiency match as well.

Academically, results are low. Math proficiency is under 5% schoolwide and under 5% in 11th grade, against state rates of 32.9% and 22.9%. ELA proficiency is 13.3%, below the district's 28.5% and the state's 43.8%, and distant from the state's 11th-grade rate of 46%. Science is 11.3%, close to the district's 13.5% but well below the state's 30.6% and 33.8% for 11th grade. Chronic absenteeism is 52.7%, above the district's 45.5% and the state's 33.5%. Graduation is 78.2%, only 4.8 points below the state's 83.0% and much stronger than test scores alone would suggest, though graduation covers a different year and cohort than the tests. The school's state ranking slid from 180 of 268 in 2023–24, to 249 of 270 in 2024–25, to 269 of 271 in 2025–26 — the 1st percentile with 0 stars. The district overall ranks 136 of 141, in the 4th percentile with 0 stars.

Resource figures include $18,785 in per-student spending and a student-teacher ratio of 23.9, though the data set offers no state comparison for either. The free/reduced lunch figure is reported as 131.96%, which exceeds a logical percentage and likely reflects a different reporting basis; it should not be read as the share of students. Families weighing this school should note the combination of substantial per-pupil spending, high reported need, very low outcome measures, and chronic absenteeism affecting more than half of students.