Franklin High School (Portland, Oregon)
| Benjamin Franklin High School | |
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 Benjamin Franklin High School
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5405 SE Woodward Street Portland, Oregon 97206 United States |
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| Coordinates | 45°30′08″N 122°36′25″W / 45.502136°N 122.606896°WCoordinates: 45°30′08″N 122°36′25″W / 45.502136°N 122.606896°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Opened | 1914 |
| School district | Portland Public Schools |
| Principal | Juanita Valder |
| Number of students | 1567 |
| Color(s) | Maroon and grey |
| Athletics conference | OSAA Portland Interscholastic League 6A-1 |
| Mascot | Quakers |
| Newspaper | The Franklin Post |
| Website | http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/franklin/ |
Benjamin Franklin High School, (colloquially Franklin High School), is a public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States. Franklin is located in central southeast Portland in the South Tabor neighborhood, at the foot of Mt. Tabor.
Founded in 1914, it is Portland's fourth high school. 136 students attended the first year. The current brick building opened in September 1917. The building was designed by Floyd Naramore.
Due to the baby boom and passing of a $25 million building levy by the school district in 1947, a new addition for arts, industrial arts, and home economics departments was slated. The Franklin football field, also known as "The Bowl", was actually planned out originally as a walkway towards the school, making the front of the school facing towards S.E. Division street and the back facing S.E. Woodward Ave. The walkway was going to go from Division street all the way to the school, but a heavy rain storm one night caused a 20' sinkhole in the spot where the football field is today. The Bowl was named at one time one of the best places to have a football game.
The school contains two statues of Benjamin Franklin, for whom the school is named: a wooden figure hand-carved by a local artist in the 1970s and a larger stone statue near the Franklin Bowl athletic field, affectionately known as Benji. Benji is an honorary graduate of the school, having been fitted for a massive mortar-board cap and tassel by the Class of 1976. The wooden statue had his cane stolen sometime around 2007 by vandals who broke into the school.
The student population is 58% white, 16% Asian/Pacific Islander, 13% Latino, and 8% African American.
In 2008, 80% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 354 students, 282 graduated, 52 dropped out, 5 received a modified diploma, and 15 are still in high school. In 2009, 31% of the students were transfers into the school.
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