Portland Jewish Academy

Portland Jewish Academy is a private school in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.^[1] The school was established in 1986 with the merging of Hillel Academy, founded in 1961, and the Jewish Education Association, which had operated a Hebrew school program since 1934.^[2]

Portland Jewish Academy
Location
Portland, Oregon United States
Coordinates	45.4771728°N 122.7035294°W / 45.4771728; -122.7035294
Information
Type	Private, PS-8
Motto	PJA Proud
Religious affiliation	Jewish
Established	1986 (1986)
Principal	Merrill Hendin
Head of school	Steve Albert
Faculty	37
Enrollment	342
Student to teacher ratio	6:1
Website	Official website

The Hillel Academy had been founded in 1961 with about 26 students in Northwest Portland by a group of Jewish parents. In 1995 a middle school opened with six students. There were 185 total students in 2012. The school shares a campus with the Mittelman Jewish Community Center that includes a swimming pool, indoor sportsplex, gymnasium, outdoor playing fields, and a kosher café. ^[3]