School choice in Oregon
No state program pays private school tuition.
What exists in Oregon
| State program | No state program pays private school tuition |
|---|---|
| What families can use instead | No Oregon program pays private school tuition, and the state has no tuition tax credit or deduction. |
| Help paying | Nothing at the state level. |
| Coming up | There is no state application. Ask each school about its own financial aid deadlines. |
| Federal tax credit, 2027 | Oregon was not on the IRS opt-in list for the federal scholarship tax credit as of September 14, 2026. |
We read this on from: Oregon Department of Education, private schools; Oregon State Treasury, 529 tax credit questions (2019); Education Week, June 12, 2026, Oregon declines; IRS, participating states for 2027 (as of September 14, 2026). Rules change when the legislature meets, so check the official program site before you count on a number.
Private schools in Oregon
We list 279 private schools in Oregon, with grades, size and affiliation, by city and county.
Browse private schools in Oregon
- Private schools in Portland (68 nearby)
- Private schools in Oregon City (52 nearby)
- Private schools in Milwaukie (45 nearby)
- Private schools in Beaverton (37 nearby)
- Private schools in Lake Oswego (36 nearby)
- Private schools in Hillsboro (20 nearby)
- Private schools in Tualatin (18 nearby)
- Private schools in Gresham (17 nearby)
- Private schools in Salem (16 nearby)
- Private schools in Bend (15 nearby)
- Private schools in Eugene (15 nearby)
- Private schools in Forest Grove (14 nearby)
- Private schools in Albany (10 nearby)
- Private schools in Corvallis (10 nearby)
- Private schools in Medford (9 nearby)
- Private schools in McMinnville (7 nearby)
- Private schools in Redmond (6 nearby)
- Private schools in Grants Pass (5 nearby)
Questions parents ask
Does Oregon have school vouchers or an ESA?
No state program pays private school tuition.
What can families in Oregon use instead?
No Oregon program pays private school tuition, and the state has no tuition tax credit or deduction.
Will the federal scholarship tax credit help in Oregon?
Oregon was not on the IRS opt-in list for the federal scholarship tax credit as of September 14, 2026.
Other states
- Texas: TEFA
- Arkansas: EFA
- Oklahoma: PCTC
- Tennessee: EFS
- Missouri: MOScholars
- Florida: FES / FTC
- Arizona: ESA
- Iowa: Students First ESA
- Utah: UFA
- West Virginia: Hope
- North Carolina: Opportunity Scholarship
- Indiana: Choice Scholarship
- Ohio: EdChoice
- Alabama: CHOOSE Act
- Louisiana: LA GATOR
- Georgia: Promise Scholarship
- South Carolina: ESTF
- New Hampshire: EFA
- Idaho: PCTC
- Wisconsin: WI Choice
- Maryland: BOOST
- Nevada: Opportunity Scholarship
- Wyoming: Steamboat Legacy ESA
- Kansas: TCLISS
- Montana: SSO tax credit
- South Dakota: Partners in Education
- Rhode Island: RI scholarship tax credit
- Mississippi: ESA
- Maine: Town tuitioning
- Vermont: Town tuitioning
- District of Columbia: OSP
- California: no state program
- Pennsylvania: EITC / OSTC
- New York: no state program
- Illinois: no state program
- New Jersey: no state program
- Virginia: EISTC
- Michigan: no state program
- Washington: no state program
- Massachusetts: no state program
- Minnesota: no state program
- Colorado: no state program
- Kentucky: no state program
- Connecticut: no state program
- Nebraska: no state program
- New Mexico: no state program
- Hawaii: no state program
- Delaware: no state program
- North Dakota: no state program
- Alaska: no state program