PHS Demographics, as of October 31, 2006
by Grace Valenzuela, Head of Multilingual Office
Portland High School Demographic Information, School Year 2006-07
Language Minority Students 367
(English Language Learners) 250
Free and Reduced Lunch 529
(Reduced Lunch) 40
(Free Lunch) 489
Ethnicity
Asian 105
African/African American 257
Caucasian 610
Hispanic 45
Native American 10
PHS Total Enrollment 1,042
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PRIMARY HOME LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
Language/ # Students
Acholi 21
Amharic 1
Arabic 25
ASL 12
Cantonese 9
Dinka 6
Farsi 3
French 9
Khmer 40
Kinyarwanda 1
Lingala 2
Luo 1
Mandarin 2
Persian 6
Punjabi 1
Romanian 1
Russian 3
Serbo-Croatian 18
Somali 123
Spanish 33
Swahili 4
Tagalog 3
Thai 2
Tigrinian 3
Urdu 3
Vietnamese 35
TOTAL 367 ==============================================================
ACCESS Proficiency Levels Test scores based on test taken by ELLs in SY 2006-07
Level 1 = 52
Level 2 = 67
Level 3 = 40
Level 4 = 30
Level 5 = 21
Level 6 = 10
[ACCESS LEVELS - Brief Definitions
1 – Entering: Knows and uses minimal social and academic language
2 – Beginning: Knows and uses some social and academic language
3- Developing: Knows and uses social English and some specific academic language
4 – Expanding: Knows and uses social English and some technical academic language
5 – Bridging: Knows and uses social and academic English
6 – Reaching: Knows and uses social and academic English at the highest level as measured by the ACCESS test.]