Portland Public Schools is a public school district in West Michigan. In Ionia County, it serves Portland and parts of the townships of Danby, Lyons, Orange, Portland, and Sebewa. In Clinton County, it serves parts of Eagle Township and Westphalia Township.
The first graduating class of Portland High School was in 1882. On October 15, 1918, the high school (then known as Portland Union Schoolhouse) burned in a suspicious fire. Orchestra students were practicing in the school that evening when they discovered flames, and they chased the arson suspect, but he outran them.
Portland's school board hired architect Thomas E. White of Lansing to design a new high school. It was built in 1919 at the intersection of Elm Street and Brush Street. Oak Street Elementary, now known as Oakwood Elementary, was built in 1952.
A new Portland High School opened in 1963 near Oakwood Elementary. In 1989, when the current high school opened, it became the district's middle school.