College Prep Schools

A K–8 where middle schoolers learn from faculty holding masters or doctorates, and 8th graders complete the Elder Project, a multi-discipline capstone often presented to a panel of mentors. Graduates report feeling more prepared than their peers in academics and study skills, and go on to thrive at a range of public and private high schools.

A private K–8 where grades 6–8 run on the Arbor Algebra Series and every 8th grader completes a year-long Senior Project with a written component, a creative element, and an outside professional mentor. Growth is reported through conferences and narrative reports, and graduates matriculate to a range of strong area high schools.

Niche's #1 private K–12 in Oregon for 2026, where graduates post SAT scores 30% above the national average, 120 colleges recruit on campus each year, and 99% go on to 4-year schools including Stanford, Brown, and NYU.

A Catholic college-prep with more than 28 AP and honors courses, an average SAT of 1158, and a 94% college enrollment rate, with recent graduates heading to Gonzaga, Santa Clara, and the University of Washington.

A classical Catholic K–8 built around the "connectedness of all knowledge," with learning support specialists on staff and a planned expansion toward a full K–12 college-prep track as early as fall 2027.

A public charter early-college program where students split time between campus and Clackamas Community College, graduating with an average of 65 college credits, roughly 1.5 years of a degree, alongside a 96% 4-year graduation rate.

A PK–12 Christian college prep offering AP courses and dual credit through a George Fox University partnership, with a 100% graduation rate and 85% of graduates going on to 4-year colleges.

A Cristo Rey college-prep where students work 1 day a week in professional internships with 75+ corporate partners, and 98% of the most recent reported class was accepted to college, 90% of them first-generation.

A PK–12 college-prep with a 100% graduation rate and a mean SAT of 1180, where high schoolers earn dual credit through George Fox University in Chemistry, Calculus, and American Literature.

A rigorous IB PreK–8 program with five middle school language tracks, sending graduates on to selective public IB and private high schools across Portland.

A PK–12 college-prep where students can earn up to 48 dual college credits through OIT and George Fox, backed by a 100% graduation rate and a 90% college-going rate.

Wall-to-wall IB school with a 100% graduation rate, 90% college-going rate, 3 National Merit Finalists in the Class of 2026, and required Higher Level coursework in English, Biology, and History plus Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge for every student.

A Cognia-accredited PK–12 college-prep pairing daily Arabic and Islamic Studies with a 100% college-acceptance record, with graduates admitted to Harvard, Cornell, Dartmouth, and NYU.

A Catholic college-prep school run by the Jesuits where 99% of graduates enroll in college, backed by 22 AP courses, dual credit through Portland State, PCC, and Creighton, and a 20-level math sequence.

A 9–12 Lasallian Catholic college-prep school offering 15 honors and 14 AP courses, plus dual-credit partnerships that let students graduate with as many as 40 college credits. A four-year counseling program guides every student, and 99% of graduates are admitted to four-year colleges.

Six AP courses, dual credit through PCC, Portland Bible College, and George Fox University, and two CTE pathways (Health Services; IT and Design) with industry certification. Math placement is ability-based rather than grade-level, and a blended learning model pairs face-to-face instruction with online coursework. Cognia-accredited, with a 100% reported graduation rate and alumni at schools ranging from MIT to Pepperdine.

An arts-integrated 6–12 college prep where graduates complete a 4-year humanities sequence, 3 years of science, 7 arts credits, and a senior Thesis Seminar, and 100% are admitted to 4-year colleges. Recent matriculations include Pitzer, NYU, Bard, and RISD.

A PK–8 whose Middle School math sequence reaches Geometry and whose students continue directly into the OES Upper School, where recent graduates have gone on to Stanford, Princeton, Yale, and NYU.

An Episcopal college prep where classes average 14, students take 5 or 6 courses a semester, and 30+ Honors sections run across every department. 12 National Merit Semifinalists and 9 Commended scholars came out of a senior class of 89, with a mean SAT of 1411 and a mean ACT of 29. Recent graduates have enrolled at Stanford, Yale, Princeton, MIT, and the University of Chicago.

A progressive private 6–12 where 'college prep' is measured by practice rather than proxy: no AP courses and no letter grades, but every student negotiates their own course load with an advisor from the admissions process onward and can propose or teach courses that do not yet exist. Seniors close with a self-designed dissertation defended to a committee.

A PK–12 Christian college prep where every high schooler completes a senior thesis with a research paper and oral presentation, plus Honors and AP coursework and concurrent credit through George Fox University. The school reports well over 90% of graduates enroll in college, with alumni at Harvard, the US Naval Academy, and Wheaton College.

The Riverdale diploma requires 28 credits, 4 more than Oregon's minimum, and closes with a Senior Exhibition of interdisciplinary research presented publicly alongside a written paper. As an authorized IB World School, Riverdale offers the full IB Diploma Programme to juniors and seniors from 2026-27.

An all-girls Catholic college-prep high school in downtown Portland, with 12 AP courses, a required 25-credit core, and three college counselors for roughly 550 students.

A classical Christian PK–12 where music and art are treated as core subjects. Younger students learn by chanting and singing, choir is required from grade 3, and every student enters a local and a national art contest each year.

A classical 6–12 where every student takes the same 3-pillar curriculum, anchored by the Humane Letters Seminar, a 2-hour daily round-table on original texts, plus math with MATLAB programming in junior year. The school reports roughly 94% of graduates attend 4-year universities.

A continuous infant–12 Catholic college prep on one 43-acre Beaverton campus, with AP courses from Calculus BC and Physics C to Computer Science A and Music Theory. 98% of graduates head to 4-year colleges, and the no-cut athletics program draws 79% of high schoolers.