Grant High School (Portland, Oregon)
| Ulysses S. Grant High School | |
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 Ulysses S. Grant High School
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2245 NE 36th Avenue Portland, Oregon, Multnomah County 97212 United States |
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| Coordinates | 45°32′21″N 122°37′35″W / 45.539034°N 122.626514°WCoordinates: 45°32′21″N 122°37′35″W / 45.539034°N 122.626514°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Opened | 1924 |
| School district | Portland Public Schools |
| Principal | Carol Campbell |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1610 |
| Color(s) | Blue and grey |
| Athletics conference | OSAA Portland Interscholastic League (PIL) 6A-1 |
| Mascot | Generals |
| Newspaper | Grant Magazine |
| Website | http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/grant/ |
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President Ulysses S. Grant High School (colloquially Grant High School) is a public high school in the Grant Park neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is the largest high school in the Portland Public Schools district. Three motion pictures have been filmed at the school—Mr. Holland's Opus (1995), Nearing Grace (2005), and the made for T.V. movie, Reunion (1980).
Grant opened in September, 1924, with 1191 students. Many of the schools in the Portland Public School district that were built between 1908 and 1932 were designed by architects Floyd Naramore and George Jones. However, so many schools were being built in the early 20s that the district had to hire another architectural company for Grant High School, which was designed in the Classical Revival style by the architect firm Knighton and Howell. In November 1923, the bricklayers working on building Grant went on strike after the district tried to cut costs by using a maintenance worker to lay bricks. After the Vanport flood in 1948, it was home to the Vanport Extension Center (now Portland State University) through the summer of 1948.
The student population is 62% white, 22% African American, 7% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 5% Latino. About 25% of Grant's students live out of boundaries and transfer in.
In 2008, 92% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 443 students, 388 graduated, 39 dropped out, 6 received a modified diploma, and 10 are still in high school. In 2009, 27% of the students were transfers into the school.
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