James John Elementary is a K–5 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.

[4] James John Elementary is named after the pioneer of St. Johns who bequeathed land and money for the establishment of a school.

[6] The current building was designed by the prolific architect George Howell Jones in a two-story Classical Revival style and influenced by John Dewey’s Progressive Education Movement.

Ethnic/Racial Profile (2017)[4] Percent Meeting or Exceeding Achievement Benchmarks Five-year Student Body Growth Select Demographics 2012-2013[10]