Oregon School for the Deaf

Oregon School for the Deaf (OSD), is a public school in Salem, Oregon, serving deaf and hard of hearing students of kindergarten through high school grades through residential, day school, and part-time enrollment programs. Established in 1870 by the Oregon Legislative Assembly as the Deaf and Mute Institute to provide free public education to deaf children, it is one of the oldest continuously operating schools in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is operated by the Oregon Department of Education, is fully accredited by both the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools and the Conference of Educational Administrators of schools and programs for the Deaf. As of the 2004-05 academic year, the total full-time enrollment of the school, exclusive of cooperative programs with local school districts, was between 125 and 135.

In 2005, by order of the state legislature included in its annual appropriation for the school, study was begun on the potential benefit of moving the Oregon School for the Blind to the OSD campus. Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo has rejected a proposal for services now provided by the school to be provided instead through contracts with other public or private institutions.