Successful Schools Survey 2025

The Successful Schools Survey gathers student, staff, and family feedback

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Every year, Portland Public Schools gathers feedback about school climate and culture from students, families, and staff through the Successful Schools Survey. The results help us understand the needs of our community in each school and as a district overall. We use the data to provide targeted feedback and training to leaders and staff on how to create healthy school environments that are welcoming for all.

For all participants, the survey is completed online in approximately 15–30 minutes.

• Families can find the link to the survey on this page when the survey is active and open. Families will also receive access to the survey through communications from the school. The family survey link is updated each year and available only when the survey is open. 

  • Families provide feedback about academic perception, barriers to engagement, school safety, school climate, family-school communication, and school fit.

  • The family survey is accessible in English, Spanish, Russian, Somali, Vietnamese, and Chinese.

• Students take the survey during the school day. The survey is proctored by the classroom teacher or another educator in the school.

  • Students respond to questions about academic perception, diversity and inclusion, school safety, student relationships, teacher-student relationships, self-efficacy in English language arts and mathematics, student engagement, cultural awareness and action, school climate, and sense of belonging.

  • The student survey is accessible in English, Spanish, Russian, Somali, Vietnamese, and Chinese.

• Staff and school leaders receive a link to their respective surveys via their PPS email address. Staff and leaders take the survey during scheduled staff meetings.

  • Teachers and non-instructional staff provide feedback about academic perception, educating all students, social and emotional learning instruction, student and faculty growth mindset, staff-leadership relationships, staff-family relationships, school safety, school climate, burnout and retention, grit, and staff relationships.

  • Leaders respond to questions about academic perception, staff-family relationships, school climate, district leadership, staff engagement, overall district engagement, feedback and coaching, district leadership relationships, and professional learning.