Wilson High School (Oregon)
| Woodrow Wilson High School | |
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 Woodrow Wilson High School
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1151 SW Vermont Portland, Oregon, (Multnomah County) 97219 United States |
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| Coordinates | 45°28′37″N 122°41′23″W / 45.476842°N 122.689798°WCoordinates: 45°28′37″N 122°41′23″W / 45.476842°N 122.689798°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | "Diligence, Excellence, Integrity" |
| Opened | 1956 |
| School district | Portland Public Schools |
| Principal | Brian Chatard |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1439 |
| Color(s) | Forest green and white |
| Athletics conference | OSAA Portland Interscholastic League 6A-1 |
| Mascot | Trojan |
| Team name | Wilson Trojans |
| Yearbook | The Trojan |
| Website | www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/wilson |
President Woodrow Wilson High School, (colloquially Wilson High School), is a public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States. In 2006, the school was one of seven in Oregon ranked among America's 1,200 best high schools by Newsweek. In 2008, Wilson was voted 37th out of all the public high schools in the state.
Wilson High School was built in 1954, after a ballot measure was passed in 1945 providing $5,000,000 to improve Portland's school system. Population was growing explosively, so emphasis was put on economy and ease of building, instead of on architectural style as was the norm in the earlier school buildings. Wilson High School, which was designed by the firm Edmundson and Kochendoerfer, used the technique of lift-slab construction to speed up construction. Wilson was the first building in the Northwest to use that technique.
On June 18, 2003, an arsonist damaged the school. Two students were arrested in connection with the fire and several others in the Portland area.
The student population is 76% White, 8% Latino, 6% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 5% African American. About 85% of students live within the school boundaries, the highest percentage in the district. In 2009, 10% of Wilson's students transferred into the school.
In 2008, 87% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 343 students, 299 graduated, 29 dropped out, eight received a modified diploma, and seven were still in high school the following year.
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