Woodstock School (Portland, Oregon)

Woodstock Elementary School
View of the front entrance of Woodstock Elementary School
Address
Map
5601 SE 50th Ave

Portland
,
OR
,
97206

United States
Coordinates45°28′55″N 122°36′43″W / 45.482°N 122.612°W / 45.482; -122.612
Information
TypeElementary School
Established1891 (1891)
School districtPortland Public Schools
PrincipalSeth Johnson[1]
GradesK-5
Enrollment528 (22-23)
Campus typeSuburban
Feeder toLane Middle School
Cleveland High School
WebsiteWoodstock Elementary School

Woodstock Elementary School, formerly known as Woodstock School[2] is an elementary school within Portland Public Schools, located in the Woodstock neighborhood of southeast Portland, Oregon, United States. Established in 1891, the school was housed in a four-room building until it joined School District No. 1 in 1909. The newly constructed two-story, eight-room school opened in 1911 at its current location. The Woodstock School underwent expansions in 1925 and 1955, but a fire in 1980 destroyed the building's two-story center. Protests by Woodstock residents and the Woodstock Parent Teachers Association ended the school district's plans to close the school due to fire damage and low student enrollment throughout the city. The school remained open and underwent repairs, but its second story was lost. The school marks the oldest standing elementary school in Portland.[3]

Programs at Woodstock School include a Mandarin Chinese Immersion program for grades K-5. Students in the Immersion program receive instruction in Mandarin for half the day and English instruction the other half. Of the 492 students attending Woodstock School, two thirds participate in the Immersion program.[4]

  1. ^ "Woodstock Elementary School Staff pages". Portland Public Schools. 2015.
  2. ^ Oregon Historic Site Form: Woodstock School 2009, p. 1.
  3. ^ Adopted Woodstock Neighborhood Plan 1995, p. 25.
  4. ^ "Woodstock Elementary School > About Us" (Accessed 28 April 2015)