Jackson Middle School, 6–8 tuition-free public neighborhood school in Portland

Jackson Middle School

a tuition-free public neighborhood school in Portland

6–8 · Public · Neighborhood · Portland Public Schools

10625 SW 35th Ave, Portland · John Ferraro

Jackson is a neighborhood middle school serving Southwest Portland that organizes its core (ELA, math, science, social studies) around the Leonard Bernstein Artful Learning® model, teachers design units that move students through Experience → Inquire → Create → Reflect, so projects, performances/exhibitions, and reflection are built into the academic week.

The Artful Learning identity is explicit on school and PTA pages (“A Leonard Bernstein School of Artful Learning”) and has been featured by the Artful Learning organization with Jackson classroom examples, underscoring how the arts are used to deepen content learning rather than sit on the side.

Beyond the core, students plug into a typical middle-school menu, visual/performing arts, technology, world-languages electives, and PE, with clear family logistics posted (address/contacts and “How-To” hub) to keep home–school communication simple. Big picture: a comprehensive 6–8 that pairs steady academics with an arts-integrated pedagogy to make learning visible and collaborative.

6–8 grades

~710 students

19:1 student-teacher

29 average class

Tuition-free neighborhood school

Tuition: Tuition-Free Public

Address: 10625 SW 35th Ave, Portland, OR 97219. Phone: 503-916-5680. Website: pps.net/jackson.

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The basics

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The campus

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Your odds in the lottery

Seats here aren’t first-come; they’re drawn by lottery. Each circle below is a tenth of the families who applied over the last two springs and stayed in the running (didn’t take a higher-ranked school). Filled circles got a yes.

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Official PPS lottery results, 2025-26 & 2026-27 combined: offers made ÷ families still in the running (offered + waitlisted); applications cancelled for a higher-ranked school excluded. pps.net › prior transfer data. Slots reset every year.

Tuition

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