Jesuit High School (Beaverton, Oregon)

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Jesuit High School is a private, Catholic, college-preparatory school in Beaverton, Oregon, United States.[5] It was founded by the Jesuits in 1956 and uses a Jesuit, college-preparatory curriculum. It is coeducational and enrolls approximately 1,300 students of all faiths.

Coordinates45°29′8″N 122°46′11″W
TypePrivate, coeducational
MottoAge Quod Agis (Latin)
Do Well Whatever You Do
Religious affiliations
Roman Catholic
(Jesuit)
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Jesuit High School
Location
9000 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway

Portland
,
Oregon
97225

United States
Coordinates45°29′8″N 122°46′11″W
Information
TypePrivate, coeducational
MottoAge Quod Agis (Latin)
Do Well Whatever You Do
Religious affiliations
Roman Catholic
(Jesuit)
Established1956; 70 years ago (1956)
PresidentThomas D. Arndorfer
Teaching staff
99 (FTE)
Grades9–12
Enrollment1280[1] (2024-25)
Student to teacher ratio
15:1
ColorsGreen and gold    
Athletics conference
OSAA Metro League 6A-2
Team nameCrusaders
AccreditationNWAC
NewspaperThe Jesuit Chronicle
Websitejesuitportland.org
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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 Provincial Superior was asked by the Archbishop to set up a school. Hillsdale Dairy Farm, a 55-acre (220,000 m2) 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 churches, 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.[6]

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,280 students enrolled in 2024-2025 was:[7]

  • Native American/Alaskan - 2.0%
  • Black - 4.0%
  • Hispanic - 7.0%
  • Multiracial - 11.0%
  • Asian/Pacific islanders - 19.0%
  • White - 58.0%

For the 2024-2025 school year, 99% of the graduating senior class enrolled in college, 23% of the overall student body was receiving financial aid, and 62% of students identified as Catholic.[8]

Academics

Since 1961, Jesuit High School has been accredited through Northwest Accreditation Commission and has also been ranked 3rd best overall school and 1st best Christian School.[9]

In 1989 and 1998, Jesuit High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States.[10]

Sports

Jesuit won its first two athletic state championships in football in 1967 (tied) and 1968. Since then, Jesuit has amassed a total of 176 state titles across 25 different sports through the 2024-2025 school year. Its greatest successes have been in tennis, with a combined 42 titles between men (24) and women (18), soccer with 35 combined titles (men - 18; women - 17), cross county with 26 combined titles (men - 8; women - 18) and swimming with 24 combined titles (men - 13; women - 11).[11]

On June 20, 2007, Sports Illustrated rated Jesuit the number one high school athletic program in the nation, citing success both on and off the field.[12]

In 2016 and again in 2019, Jesuit was named a top high school athletic program in the nation by MaxPreps.[13][14]

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 20 times between the 1999-2000 and 2024-2025 academic years, including an 8 year streak between the 2004-2005 and 2012-2013 seasons.[15][16][17]

Jesuit is currently an OSAA 6A classification school and competes in the 6A-2 Metro League.

Display case showing three alums who made it to the super bowl: Mike Remmers Pete Brock Stan Brock

State titles

  • Baseball: 2016, 2019[18]
  • Basketball (men): 1999, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019[19]
  • Basketball (women): 2011[20]
  • Cheerleading: 1996[21]
  • Cross Country (men): 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2025[22]
  • Cross Country (women): 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025[23]
  • Football: 1967 [co‐champion], 1968, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2015[24]
  • Golf (men): 1996, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019[25]
  • Golf (women): 2004, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025[26]
  • Soccer (men): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2022, 2024, 2025[27]
  • Soccer (women): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025[28]
  • Softball: 2006, 2016[29]
  • Swimming (men): 2006, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025[30]
  • Swimming (women): 1996, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025[31]
  • 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, 2025[32]
  • Tennis (women): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012 2014, 2015, 2023, 2024, 2025[33]
  • Track and Field (men): 2006, 2013, 2014, 2025[34]
  • Track and Field (women): 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2025[35]
  • Volleyball: 2004 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025[36]

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 COVID-19 pandemic.

Notable alumni

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