Early College
High School
Application
The ECHS Fall Application will open on Monday, February 23rd, 2026.
The application window will close on Monday, April 20th, 2026.
The application will be open to current sophomores (BSD, TTSD, and STSD) and juniors.
BSD only - students needing a 5th year to complete graduation requirements.
Steps to Getting Started
- Step 1 - Do You Qualify?
- Step 2 - Sign Up for Parent/Student Information Session
- Step 3 - Apply to Portland Community College
- Step 4 - Complete the College Placement Tests
- Step 5 - Complete ECHS Application
- Step 6 - Obtain a Recommendation
Step 1 - Do You Qualify?
Applicants, please know that our program has limited capacity and each district we work with has different enrollment limits, should we have more qualified applicants than capacity we will move to a lottery for admissions.
If you have questions about the application please email:
1. You must be a 2026/27 junior and 16 years old by December 2026. Or, BSD only, Juniors needing a 5th year to complete graduation requirements.
2. Cumulative G.P.A. 2.0 or higher.
3. Students must have completed a minimum of 12 high school credits at the end of 10th grade. If you are applying from a private or home-schooled environment, you must have at least 12 credits that can be added to your home school district transcript to qualify for this application.
4. You must live within the Beaverton School District, Tigard Tualatin SD, or St. Helen's School District attendance boundaries.
5. Students must complete the PCC Math Placement test and qualify for at least Math 58/60 and have 3 semesters of passing grades in high school mathematics
6. Students must have 3 semesters of passing grades in HS Language Arts courses.
7. Complete both applications within the application window. ECHS application deadlines are not flexible.
8. Read the Admission FAQ's.
Step 2 - Sign Up for Parent/Student Information Session
Information Sessions:
5:30-6:30 pm -Thursday, February 19th, 2026 - PCC Rock Creek Campus, BLD 9: Event Center
5:30-6:30 pm - Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 - Virtual - link will be emailed to you.
5:30-6:30 pm - Wednesday, March 18th, 2026 - Sylvania Campus, BLD: ST, Room 108
5:30-6:30 pm - Thursday, April 2nd, 2026 - Virtual - link will be emailed to you.
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/Wr3P8ygBRVbVErAg7
Step 3 - Apply to Portland Community College
Step 4 - Complete the College Placement Tests
These instructions may change once we have access to the new PCC process.
This step can only be completed after you have received your PCC ID Number, PCC email address, and your MyPCC username.
HS applicants are required to take the ALEKS Math Placement test and must place into at least Math 60 to qualify to join ECHS. You can find out more information about the ALEKS test on PCC’s ALEKS help website.
The math placement test, along with your HS transcript, helps to determine the highest math course you can select, and it is essential that you receive a valid score. Invalid and artificially inflated scores have impacted students’ PCC Math grades, their permanent PCC transcripts, and their ability to remain at ECHS.
We require that you take the placement test in a similar environment as you will be assessed at PCC to ensure that you are placed appropriately to be successful in your future math courses. This means the test will be completed without outside help from the internet, parents/peers, and graphing calculators.
There are two options for completing the math placement test:
1. In-Person Testing: In the PCC Testing Center
2. Online Testing: if proctored and supervised by a parent or guardian*
*Please know that if you choose to test at home, you cannot use outside support to complete the test (including a graphing calculator), and your parent or guardian must attest, in writing, that you took the test without outside support.
If there is a large discrepancy between your high school grades/current coursework and your test results, we reserve the right to require you to take the test again in a proctored environment supervised by ECHS or PCC Staff.
Below are the instructions for each testing option
- Option 1 - In Person Testing In PCC Rock Creek or Sylvania Testing Center
- Option 2 - In-Person Testing in ECHS Office:
- Option 3 - Test online with a parent/guardian proctor.
Option 1 - In Person Testing In PCC Rock Creek or Sylvania Testing Center
Please note before you sign up to test at PCC:
- All PCC campuses require you to pay for parking.
- Before testing you will need to be able to log in to your MyPCC with your PCC username and password.
- Appointments are required and the Rock Creek and Sylvania Testing Centers have their own schedule.
- To make an appointment call the Rock Creek or Sylvania Testing Center: PCC Testing Center. Please note there is limited availability at times due to PCC events and schedule.
- Give yourself 1.5 hours to complete the test and give yourself enough time to park and find the testing center in time for your scheduled appointment.
- Bring with you to your appointment:
- photo identification (a student ID or Oregon Driver's License/Permit have been accepted in the past)
- the Onsite Math Testing Verification Form
- your PCC G-Number
- your PCC User ID
- your PCC Password
- photo identification (a student ID or Oregon Driver's License/Permit have been accepted in the past)
- When you arrive to take the math test, let the Testing Center staff know that you are applying to ECHS and give them the Onsite Math Testing Verification Form. They will sign it after you have completed the test and you will upload this document to your ECHS Application. Don't forget to take the completed form with you when you leave!
- After you have finished your test you are shown your raw numerical score, which you can ignore. You will receive an email in your PCC email account showing your placement. You will add this placement score to your ECHS Application. You will upload the Onsite Math Testing Verification Form to your ECHS Application.
Option 2 - In-Person Testing in ECHS Office:
Option 3 - Test online with a parent/guardian proctor.
Before taking the test download and print the At Home Test Security Document and let a parent or guardian know that you will be taking the Math placement test
AT HOME TEST SECURITY DOCUMENT
· They are required to supervise you during the test.
· Sign the document after the test confirming that you
To access the test - Log in to MyPCC and click ALEKS math skills under the Quick Links header. You’ll have 48 hours to finish the test (most people finish in about 90 minutes). ALEKS scores are valid for three years. At the beginning of the ALEKS math placement test, you will be asked for your PCC User ID and your PCC Password.
· After completing the Math test have your parent/guardian sign the AT HOME TEST SECURITY DOCUMENT and you will upload that to the ECHS application.
Please know:
- If there is a large discrepancy between your high school grades/current coursework and your test results, we reserve the right to require you to take the test again in a proctored environment supervised by ECHS or PCC Staff.
- For those testing at home our office will limit your Math course selection options based on your high school transcript.
Step 5 - Complete ECHS Application
Step 6 - Obtain a Recommendation
The recommendation is one of the most important factors considered in ECHS admissions!
- Download the "Recommendation Request Form."
- Complete this form and give it to your high school counselor or AVID elective teacher to complete.
- Home schooled or applicants not currently enrolled in school may have an adult, NOT in the immediate family, who is familiar with their educational background complete the recommendation.
- Note that the Recommendation Request Form does not need to be turned in to ECHS. It is only used as an aid for the person completing the recommendation.
- If you provide an accurate email address on the Recommendation Request Form, you will receive an email confirmation when the recommendation is received by ECHS.
- A recommendation is required for the application. However, because of the timing of the wait pool application if you cannot obtain a recommendation by the deadline we would still like you to submit your application for consideration.
Below is the recommendation link that Counselors and AVID teachers use to complete a student's application. It is important to enter the student's correct current District ID# with this recommendation so that the recommendation will link with the student's application.