James John Elementary is a KâÂÂ5 school within the Portland Public Schools district located in the St. Johns neighborhood of north Portland, Oregon, United States. Built in 1929, it feeds graduates to George Middle School which then feeds Roosevelt High School.
James John Elementary is named after the pioneer of St. Johns who bequeathed land and money for the establishment of a school. In 1911, James John High School was built on what is now the playground for the current school.
The current building was designed by the prolific architect George Howell Jones in a two-story Classical Revival style and influenced by John DeweyâÂÂs Progressive Education Movement. It is similar to numerous other "fireproof" Portland schools of the era that were built in response to some highly publicized school fires elsewhere in the U.S.
The school became a KâÂÂ8 when Roosevelt High School was founded in 1921 and became a KâÂÂ5 school when George Middle School was founded in 1951. At some point later it again became a KâÂÂ8 school, and in the fall of 1985, when the new George Middle School was completed James John was again switched to a KâÂÂ5 elementary school.
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