Northwest Academy is an independent, arts-focused middle and high school (grades 6–12) in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.

Teachers include former college instructors and professional artists, directors, dancers, musicians, and writers.

Students are grouped by proficiency rather than age and advance based on demonstrating what they have learned.

[6] The high school was founded in 1997 by Mary Vinton Folberg and had 26 students its first year.

She founded Northwest Academy to develop an arts-focused high school.