Jesuit High School (Portland, Oregon)
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Jesuit High School is a private,
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, college-preparatory school in
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United States. It was founded by the
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in 1956 and uses a
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,
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curriculum. It is
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al and enrolls approximately 1,300 students of all faiths.


History

The school was the 43rd Jesuit High School to be established in the United States. Though it was not finally established until 1956, the process of founding a Jesuit High School in Portland began in 1907, when property was purchased by the parish of St. Ignatius and set aside for a future High School. A lay appeal to the Jesuit Provincial for a High School in 1929 came to nothing. In 1954 the Holy Cross Fathers of Portland announced the closing of Columbia Prep and a plan for the Jesuits to take over the premises was discussed, but again dropped. Finally in 1955 the Jesuit
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was asked by the Archbishop to set up a school. Hillsdale Dairy Farm, a plot to the west, some 15 minutes drive from downtown Portland, was purchased for $165,000. Jesuit and Holy Cross priests raised pledges of $117,000 by Wednesday of the first week of a fund-raising campaign in
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es, and hundreds of thousands more by door-to-door canvassing. Jesuit High School opened for freshmen boys on September 10, 1956 and girls have been admitted since 1993.


Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,275 students enrolled in 2021-2022 was: *Native American/Alaskan - 0.3% *Black - 3.1% *Hispanic - 7.7% *Multiracial - 11.0% *Asian/Pacific islanders - 16.5% *White - 61.4% For the 2021-2022 school year, 99% of the graduating senior class enrolled in college, 25% of the overall student body was receiving financial aid, and 68% of students identified as Catholic.


Academics

Since 1961, Jesuit High School has been accredited through
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and has also been ranked 3rd best overall school and 1st best Christian School. In 1989 and 1998, Jesuit High School was honored in the
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, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States.


Sports

Jesuit won its first two athletic state championships in football in 1967 (tied) and 1968. Since then, Jesuit has amassed a total of 175 state titles across 25 different sports through the 2023-2024 school year. Its greatest successes have been in tennis, with a combined 40 titles between men (23) and women (17), soccer with 33 combined titles (men - 17; women - 16), cross county with 24 combined titles (men - 7; women - 17) and swimming with 22 combined titles (men - 12; women - 10). On June 20, 2007, ''
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'' rated Jesuit the number one high school athletic program in the nation, citing success both on and off the field. In 2016 and again in 2019, Jesuit was named a top high school athletic program in the nation by
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. Through the 2022-2023 school year, Jesuit was a 28 time winner of the Oregon Athletic Coaches Association (OACA) All-Sports award in the division they competed in. In addition, Jesuit was awarded the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Cup 17 times between the 1999-2000 and 2021-22 academic years, including an 8 year streak between the 2004-2005 and 2012-2013 seasons and an ongoing 9 year streak since 2015. Jesuit is currently an OSAA 6A classification school and competes in the 6A-2 Metro League.


State titles

* Baseball: 2016, 2019 * Basketball (men): 1999, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019 * Basketball (women): 2011 *Cheerleading: 1996 * Cross Country (men): 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2017, 2021, 2022 * Cross Country (women): 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024 * Football: 1967 o‐champion 1968, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2015 * Golf (men): 1996, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019 * Golf (women): 2004, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 * Soccer (men): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2022, 2024 * Soccer (women): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024 * Softball: 2006, 2016 * Swimming (men): 2006, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 * Swimming (women): 1996, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 * Tennis (men): 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024 * Tennis (women): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012 2014, 2015, 2023, 2024 * Track and Field (men): 2006, 2013, 2014 * Track and Field (women): 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018 * Volleyball: 2004 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 Playoffs were not played in Oregon high school sports and therefore no state champions were declared during the 2020-21 school year due to the
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.


Notable alumni

* Mick Abel, 15th overall
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* David Adelman, head coach of the
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* Timothy Boyle, CEO of
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* Seth Tarver, basketball player, currently a free agent * Kyle Wiltjer, pro basketball player


References


Other sources

* Schoenberg, S.J., Wilfred P. ''Jesuits in Oregon, 1844-1959''. The Oregon-Jesuit, 1959 (Centennial Year) {{authority control Educational institutions established in 1956 Jesuit high schools in the United States Catholic secondary schools in Oregon High schools in Washington County, Oregon Education in Beaverton, Oregon Schools accredited by the Northwest Accreditation Commission Buildings and structures in Beaverton, Oregon 1956 establishments in Oregon Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon