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Scott Elementary School (Spanish DLI)

a tuition-free public neighborhood school in Portland

K–5 · Public · Language Immersion · Spanish · Portland Public Schools

6700 NE Prescott St, Portland · Tiana Ahmann, Principal

Scott Elementary is a K–5 neighborhood school in the Cully area of NE Portland that runs two tracks under one roof: a standard English neighborhood program and a Spanish Dual Language Immersion program. The DLI track follows the PPS model, opening at about 90% Spanish in kindergarten and moving toward a 50/50 split in the upper grades, with content taught in each language rather than translated.

Unlike most PPS immersion programs, Scott's DLI is open only to families living in the Scott attendance area, and those families still apply through the PPS lottery in ParentVUE during the February to March elementary window; students who do not opt in are placed in the English track.

Both tracks share the same specialists, TAG, special education, and the SUN Community School run by Latino Network, and the campus also houses a K–5 Intensive Skills Classroom. Instructional support is bilingual by design, with the reading, math, and coaching specialist roles all designated bilingual alongside 3 ELL teachers.

Big picture: a Title I school where immersion works as a neighborhood resource rather than a citywide draw, with the Spanish pathway continuing at Roseway Heights Middle School.

• K–5 grades
• 482 students
• 13:1 student-teacher
• 18 average class
• Tuition-free neighborhood school
• Yes Title I

Tuition: Tuition-Free Public

Address: 6700 NE Prescott St, Portland OR 97218. Phone: 503-916-6369. Website: scott.pps.net.

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