Portland

Best Portland suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·43 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
View of Lakewood Bay, Oswego Lake, April 2008
Lake Oswego$932k median · 21.6 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living CResidents inactive
87
Schools score
overall 76 B
2
West Linn, OR
West Linn$770k median · 24.3 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living CResidents inactive
83
Schools score
overall 71 B−
3
City hall in w:Wilsonville, Oregon
Wilsonville$615k median · 24.4 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living BResidents inactive
80
Schools score
overall 64 C+
4
Downtown w:Sherwood, Oregon, USA
Sherwood$602k median · 24.1 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living C+Residents inactive
80
Schools score
overall 68 B−
5
The historic Edward Earl Fisher Building (built 1916), located at 12444–12576 Southwest Broadway Street in Beaverton, Oregon, United States, is listed as a cont
Beaverton$570k median · 24.1 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living BResidents inactive
78
Schools score
overall 71 B−
6
View of Camas, Washington and the Columbia River
Camas$712k median · 24.6 min commute
Schools BCost of living CResidents inactive
76
Schools score
overall 68 B−
7
Looking east on Cornell Road at N.W. 129th Avenue in Cedar Mill, Oregon, in 2009. This is in the main commercial part of Cedar Mill. The intersection in the dis
Cedar Mill$878k median · 24.6 min commute
Schools BCost of living C+Residents inactive
75
Schools score
overall 71 B−
8
Entrance sign to the private Oak Hills development.
Oak Hills$648k median · 21.3 min commute
Schools BCost of living BResidents inactive
74
Schools score
overall 76 B
9
Aerial view of Bethany, Oregon
Bethany$752k median · 23.9 min commute
Schools B−Cost of living CResidents inactive
72
Schools score
overall 70 B−
10
Pioneer Hall at Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon. Taken from the northwest.
McMinnville$433k median · 20.8 min commute
Schools B−Cost of living A−Residents inactive
71
Schools score
overall 61 C
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Lake Oswego (Esprqii · CC BY-SA 3.0); West Linn (Tesint · CC BY-SA 3.0); Wilsonville (M.O. Stevens · CC BY 3.0); Sherwood (M.O. Stevens · Public domain); Beaverton (Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0); Camas (Sarah McDevitt · CC BY 2.0); Cedar Mill (Steve Morgan · CC BY-SA 3.0); Oak Hills (M.O. Stevens · CC BY 3.0); Bethany (Kingofthedead · Public domain); McMinnville (DerRichter · CC BY-SA 3.0).