Research · High schools - Oregon · October 2026

How Many High Schools Are in Oregon? 318 Public and 77 Private

Name: How Many High Schools Are in Oregon? 318 Public and 77 Private
Creator: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach)
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As of October 2026: Oregon has 395 high schools: 318 public and 77 private. The largest is David Douglas High School in Portland, with 2,756 students in grades 9 through 12.

The table lists the 15 largest public high schools in Oregon by the number of students in grades 9 through 12.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com), October 2026. Figures and the table may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

The findings, in plain English

Oregon has 395 high schools. 318 are public and 77 are private. The 311 public high schools that report enrollment hold 168,231 students in grades 9 through 12 between them. The private count is a floor, because the federal private school survey is voluntary and a school can skip it.

David Douglas High School is the largest public high school in Oregon. It enrolls 2,756 students in grades 9 through 12 in Portland. The 15th largest school on the table, Franklin High School in Portland, enrolls 1,807. None of the 15 largest are charter schools.

The largest private high school in Oregon is Jesuit High School. It enrolls 1,281 students in Portland. That is smaller than every public school on the table above. Private schools report total enrollment to the federal survey, so a school that also teaches younger grades counts those students too. Only schools whose lowest grade is 9 are listed here, so each one is a high school.

The 15 largest public high schools in Oregon

Ranked by the number of students in grades 9 through 12.

High school	City	Students in grades 9-12	Charter
David Douglas High School	Portland	2,756	No
Westview High School	Portland	2,423	No
Reynolds High School	Troutdale	2,385	No
McKay High School	Salem	2,380	No
McMinnville High School	McMinnville	2,228	No
South Salem High School	Salem	2,195	No
Grant High School	Portland	2,149	No
North Salem High School	Salem	2,107	No
McNary High School	Keizer	1,995	No
Oregon City Senior High School	Oregon City	1,944	No
South Medford High School	Medford	1,856	No
Forest Grove High School	Forest Grove	1,849	No
Sunset High School	Portland	1,812	No
West Linn High School	West Linn	1,809	No
Franklin High School	Portland	1,807	No

NCES Common Core of Data, grade 9-12 enrollment. Virtual schools are excluded. Absence from this list means a school is not among the largest, nothing more.

The largest private high schools in Oregon

Private schools whose lowest grade is 9, by total enrollment.

High school	City	Students
Jesuit High School	Portland	1,281
Central Catholic High School	Portland	845
Marist Catholic High School	Eugene	385
De la Salle North Catholic High School	Portland	274
Westside Christian High School	Tigard	258

NCES Private School Universe Survey 2021-22, respondents only. Total enrollment, not a grades 9-12 count.

What these counts cover

A high school here is a school that serves grade 12. Virtual schools are left out, because a school with no building is not comparable to one with a campus. Public counts come from the federal Common Core of Data, which every public district reports to. Private counts come from the federal Private School Universe Survey.

Enrollment for public schools is the number of students in grades 9 through 12, so a school that also teaches middle school grades is not inflated by them. A school that reports no enrollment figure is counted in the state total but cannot be ranked, which is why the number of schools with an enrollment figure is smaller than the public count.

Private high schools in Oregon

The private table below shows the largest private high schools whose lowest grade is 9. The survey is voluntary, so treat these as the largest among the schools that answered, not a complete ranking. A private school that declines the survey does not appear at all.

Private enrollment is a total, not a grades 9 through 12 count, because the survey does not break it out the same way. Limiting the list to schools that start at grade 9 keeps the figures comparable to each other.

What a family should do with this

Size is a starting point, not a verdict. A large school usually offers more courses, more sports and more clubs, and a small school usually gives a student more contact with the adults who write recommendation letters. Both shapes send students to good colleges.

The more useful question is where a school's own graduates actually go. Our page for each Oregon high school carries that school's figures and, where the school publishes one, its own numbered list of the colleges its graduates chose. Start from the school page rather than from the size of the building.

Questions parents ask

How many high schools are in Oregon?

Oregon has 395 high schools: 318 public and 77 private. The largest is David Douglas High School in Portland, with 2,756 students in grades 9 through 12.

What is the largest high school in Oregon?

It enrolls 2,756 students in grades 9 through 12 in Portland.

Are private high schools included in the Oregon count?

318 are public and 77 are private. The private count is a floor, because the federal private school survey is voluntary and a school can skip it.

Method & sources: Public school counts and grade 9-12 enrollment come from the NCES Common Core of Data; private counts and enrollment come from the NCES Private School Universe Survey, whose respondents are a floor. A high school is a school serving grade 12; virtual schools are excluded. The public table is ranked by grade 9-12 enrollment, and schools without an enrollment figure are counted in the state total but not ranked.

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