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Beaverton School District

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Beaverton School District
Location
Washington County, Oregon
United States
District information
GradesK–12
Established1876; 148 years ago (1876)
SuperintendentDr. Gustavo Balderas[1]
Budget$622,821,541(2022–2023)[2]
Students and staff
Students39,180 (2011-22)[3][4]
Teachers2,512
Staff4,458[5]
Other information
Websitewww.beaverton.k12.or.us

The Beaverton School District is a school district in and around Beaverton, Oregon, United States. It serves students throughout Beaverton, Hillsboro, Aloha, and unincorporated neighborhoods of Portland, OR. The Beaverton Elementary School District 48 was established in 1876, with other elementary districts later merged into the district.[6] The elementary district was later merged with the high school district (10J) to create a unified school district.[6] It is the third-largest school district[7] in the state, with an enrollment of 39,180 students as of 2022. For the 2022–2023 school year, the district had a total budget of $622.8 million.

The district employs over 2,100 teachers at its 34 elementary, nine middle, and six high schools as well as several option schools. Mountainside High School, the district's sixth high school, opened in 2017. Tumwater Middle School (previously Timberland), the district's ninth middle school, opened in the fall of 2021.[8][9]

History

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District 48 was established in 1876 as the "Beaverton Elementary School District", serving grades 1–8. Over the years it merged with other elementary districts and finally, in July 1960, merged with the Beaverton High School District to create one unified school district.[10] The district has followed the trends throughout the US, establishing schools for 7th–9th grades in the mid-1960s (to make a 6-3-3 system) and then in 1994 moving 6th grade into middle school and 9th grade back into high school to form the current 5-3-4 configuration.[11]

The Beaverton School District's school-age population grew by 44% in the 1990s, but by only 14% in the 2000s. The median age in the district increased from 33.3 in 2000 to 35.3 in 2010. The total population of the area under the district's jurisdiction was 253,198 as of the 2010 census.[12]

From March 2020 - March 2021, all students were instructed remotely either through online learning or through comprehensive distance learning. Return to in-person instruction is scheduled to be begin in April, 2021 with a hybrid model. About half of the district's students chose in-person hybrid instruction with the rest choosing to continue comprehensive distance learning [13]

Boundary

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Its service area in Washington County includes: Almost all of Beaverton, portions of Hillsboro and Tigard, all of the census-designated places of Cedar Hills, Garden Home–Whitford, Marlene Village, and Oak Hills, and portions of the census-designated places of Aloha, Bethany, Cedar Mill, Metzger, Raleigh Hills, Rockcreek, and West Slope.[14]

The district extends into Multnomah County, where it includes a small portion of Portland.[15]

Schools

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Elementary schools

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Bonny Slope
Cedar Mill
Jacob Wismer
Findley
Oak Hills
Rock Creek
Terra Linda
West Tualatin View
School Enrollment*[16] Mascot Principal Feeder to[17]
Aloha-Huber Park** 893 Cougar Sarita Amaya Mountain View
Barnes 590 Bobcat Edgar Solares Meadow Park
Beaver Acres 708 Beaver Angela Tran Meadow Park
Bethany 528 Bobcat Toni Rosenquist Five Oaks
Bonny Slope 655 Bobcat Cary Meier Tumwater
Cedar Mill 428 Lumberjack Amy Chamberlain Tumwater
Chehalem 459 Mustang Melissa Holz Cedar Park, Mountain View
Cooper Mountain 461 Cougar Ali Montelongo Highland Park, Mountain View
Elmonica 550 Engineer Kalay McNamee Five Oaks, Meadow Park
Errol Hassell 426 Hornet Paul Marietta Mountain View
Findley 636 Dragon Sherry Marsh Tumwater
Fir Grove 387 Furry Grover Erin Miles Highland Park
Greenway 318 Cougar Jennifer Whitten Conestoga
Hazeldale 467 Hawk Bao Vang Highland Park, Mountain View
Hiteon 634 Hawk Janet Maza Conestoga
Jacob Wismer 727 Eagles Laurie Huntwork Stoller
Kinnaman 599 Coyote Ashlee Hudson Mountain View
McKay 269 Wolf Erin Kollings Conestoga, Whitford
McKinley 634 Mountain Lion Brian Curl Five Oaks, Meadow Park
Montclair 319 Red-Tailed Hawk Angee Sillian Whitford
Nancy Ryles 630 Crocodile Monica Arbow Conestoga, Highland Park
Oak Hills 551 Otter Thao Do Gwilliam Five Oaks, Tumwater
Raleigh Hills** 522 Panther Jennifer DeMartino Whitford
Raleigh Park 332 Tiger Aki Mori Whitford
Ridgewood 410 Roadrunner Meghan Warren Cedar Park
Rock Creek 516 Rocket Tiffany Wiencken Five Oaks
Sato 649 Raccoon Annie Pleau Stoller
Scholls Heights 571 Knight Tracy Bariao-Arce Conestoga
Sexton Mountain 511 Eagle Cherie Reese Highland Park
Springville** 884 Wolf Christy Batsell Stoller
Terra Linda 349 Tiger Wendy Bernard Tumwater
Vose 693 Owl Monique Singleton Whitford
West Tualatin View 336 All-Star Scarlet Valentine Cedar Park
William Walker 487 Wildcat Derek Johnston Cedar Park

*Enrollment numbers are for 2019-2020 school year. Due to boundary changes or construction in the area, actual number may vary.

**Springville and Raleigh Hills were previously K-8 schools, with a choice for students in grades 6-8 to remain but were transitioned to K-5 in the 2023-2024 school year. Aloha-Huber Park remains a K-8 for dual language immersion students.[18][19]

Middle schools

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The Beaverton School District operates nine middle schools housing 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Prior to the 1994–95 school year they housed students in grades 7–9, as a part of the districts 6-3-3 plan established in the 1960s.

Name Enrollment*[16] Mascot Principal Feeder to[20]
Cedar Park 941 Timberwolf Shannon Anderson Beaverton High School
Conestoga 975 Cougar Jared Freeman Mountainside, Southridge
Five Oaks 1,010 Falcon Kelly Laverne Westview High School
Highland Park 777 Raider Curtis Semana Mountainside, Southridge
Meadow Park 834 Eagle Johanna Castillo Aloha, Beaverton, Sunset
Mountain View 853 Mountaineer Wendy Rider Aloha, Mountainside
Stoller 924[21]** Jaguar Kelly Angelina Sunset, Westview
Tumwater 998[22]** Rapids Matthew Smith Sunset High School
Whitford 706 Wildcat Zan Hess Beaverton, Southridge

*Enrollment numbers are for 2019-2020 school year. Due to boundary changes or construction in the area, actual number may vary.

**Numbers in the LRFP are outdated as statistics at Stoller were taken before the opening of Tumwater. See sources for updated numbers.

High schools

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High schools in Beaverton are part of the 6A-2 Metro League for interscholastic athletics and activities.[23] The newest, Mountainside High School, opened in September 2017 for freshmen and sophomores.[24] As a result, the district began planning to alter its high school boundaries.[25] The boundary changes were approved in June 2017 and went into effect at the beginning of the 2017–2018 school year.[26]

Image School Enrollment*[16] Mascot Principal Feeder schools[27]
Aloha High School 1.751 Warrior Matt Casteel Meadow Park Middle School

Mountain View Middle School

Beaverton High School 1,469 Beaver Andrew Kearl Cedar Park Middle School

Meadow Park Middle School Whitford Middle School

Mountainside High School 1,787 Maverick Todd Corsetti[24] Conestoga Middle School

Highland Park Middle School Mountain View Middle School

Southridge High School 1,380 Skyhawk David Nieslanik Conestoga Middle School

Highland Park Middle School Whitford Middle School

Sunset High School 1,971 Apollo Elisa Schorr Meadow Park Middle School

Stoller Middle School Tumwater Middle School

Westview High School 2,382 Wildcat Matt Pedersen Five Oaks Middle School

Stoller Middle School

*Enrollment numbers are for 2019-2020 school year. Due to boundary changes or construction in the area, actual number may vary.

Option schools

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ACMA
HS2
Merlo Station

Arts & Communication Magnet Academy (ACMA)

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  • Focuses on the arts for 6th through 12th grade students. Principal: Bjorn Paige.

Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering (BASE)

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International School of Beaverton (ISB)

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Merlo Station High School (MSHS)

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  • Houses Community School, Merlo Station Night School, and School of Science and Technology. Principal: Rachel Sip.

Rachel Carson Environmental Middle School (RCEMS)

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  • Located at Cedar Park Middle School, it focuses on environmental science for 6th through 8th grade students. Principal: Shirley Brock.

Summa

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  • Programs at Meadow Park, Whitford, Stoller and Tumwater middle schools for talented and gifted students. 795 students were enrolled in Summa classes at five middle schools for the 2014–2015 school year.[29]
  • In November 2014 a plan to move Summa students who attend Stoller Middle School to the newly constructed Tumwater middle school as a solution to overcrowding was proposed, but was delayed in November 2015 due to opposition from parents and school administration.[30][31]

Closed schools

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The former Cedar Hills Elementary School building, now repurposed as the Cedar Hills Recreation Center.
The Home Depot store at the former location of Sunset Valley Elementary School.

Cedar Hills Elementary School

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Garden Home Elementary School

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  • Closed in 1982 and leased to THPRD, who put it to use as the Garden Home Community Center starting later the same year.[35] The building was later sold to THPRD.[34]

Merle Davies Elementary School (named Beaverton Grade School until 1949)

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  • Opened in 1938; closed in 1983.[33] The building became an annex to Beaverton High School, located directly adjacent, and remains in use as such.

Sunset Valley Elementary School

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  • Opened in 1948, and closed in 1980.[36] The building and property were purchased in 1979 by Electro Scientific Industries,[37] which used it until the mid-1990s. The building was then razed and replaced by a Home Depot store.[36]

C. E. Mason Elementary School

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Administration

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School board

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According to the Beaverton School District's website, the school board is "responsible for providing an education program for students living within the District boundaries."[39] The board members for the 2022–2023 school year are Susan Greenberg, Sunita Garg, Eric Simpson, Vice Chair Karen Pérez, Ugonna Enyinnaya, Becky Tymchuk and Chair Tom Colett.[40]

Superintendent

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The current Beaverton School District superintendent is Dr. Gustavo Balderas, who has served since July 1, 2022.

Demographics

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Older Beaverton School District logo, used before 2011
2011–2014 version of current logo

In the 2009 school year, the district had 1114 students classified as homeless by the state's Department of Education, or 3.0% of students in the district.[41] By 2010, the number of homeless students had grown to 1,580, the highest of any school district in the state.[42]

Teacher/student ratios

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The following are the district's teacher/student staffing ratios (K-5 numbers have been updated for the 2019–2020 school year):[needs update]

  • Kindergarten - 1:26.95
  • Grades 1–5 - 1:30.48
  • Grades 6–8 - 1:35.50
  • Grades 9–12 - 1:26.4

Student/staff profiles

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All information below is as of October 1, 2014.

  • Ethnicity:
  • Number of primary languages spoken in students' homes: 94
  • Percentage of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch: 36.6%
  • Percentage of students qualifying for special education services: 12.1%
  • Percentage of Talented and Gifted students: 13.5%
  • Percentage of ESL students: 13.3%
  • Percentage of male students: 51%
  • Percentage of female students: 49%
  • High school dropout rate: 2.7% as of 2013–14, lower than Oregon's average of 3.9%
  • Graduation rate: 79.7%, higher than Oregon's average of 72%
  • Number of staff:
    • Teachers: 2,330
    • Classified employees: 1,710
    • School administration: 92
    • District administration: 30
    • Total number: 4,162
  • Teachers with a master's degree or higher: 87%
  • Average years teaching experience: 14.6
  • Salary range: $39,100 - $80,253

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Superintendent: Beaverton School District". Beaverton School District. Archived from the original on December 6, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  2. ^ https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1656535523/beavertonk12orus/r01zg3jn3xraueushjzo/2022-23AdoptedDocument.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "District Report Card" (PDF). Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  4. ^ Owen, Wendy (October 3, 2015). "Beaverton gains 815 students, Hillsboro loses 120 students". OregonLive. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  5. ^ "Personnel". Beaverton School District. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Benson, Robert L. (October 19, 1976). "Historic Potpourri: Courthouse fire destroys school records in '20s". Hillsboro Argus. p. 10.
  7. ^ Clark, Taylor (November 12, 2002). "A Picture Is Worth...a Million Bucks?". Willamette Week. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  8. ^ Urenda, Gabby (February 28, 2021). "Renamed Tumwater Middle School honors Chinuk Wawa language". pamplinmedia.com. Portland Tribune. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  9. ^ Clerkley, Bryant (September 8, 2021). "New Tumwater Middle School set to open as students return to school in Beaverton". kgw.com. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  10. ^ "About Us: Facts and History". Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  11. ^ "Cedar Park History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  12. ^ "BSD Enrollment Forecast". Portland State University.
  13. ^ "Return to in-person instruction". Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  14. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Washington County, OR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  15. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Multnomah County, OR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/3). Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  16. ^ a b c "LRFP 2021" (PDF).
  17. ^ "Feeder Schools - Beaverton School District". www.beaverton.k12.or.us. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  18. ^ "Outraged Beaverton Parents Question District's 'Final' Decision To Close Middle Grade Program". opb. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  19. ^ Segar, Sally (April 20, 2022). "Next year is the last for two middle school sites in Beaverton". BeavertonValleyTimes.com. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  20. ^ "Feeder Schools - Beaverton School District". www.beaverton.k12.or.us. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  21. ^ "Stoller Middle School in Bethany, OR". Niche. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  22. ^ "Tumwater Middle School in OR". Niche. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  23. ^ "Metro League: Schools & Sites".
  24. ^ a b Nakamura, Beth; Hammond, Betsy (September 6, 2017) [published online Sep. 5]. "Beaverton's new $185 million high school, Mountainside, opens". The Oregonian. p. A8. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  25. ^ Balick, Lisa (December 2, 2015). "Beaverton SD boundary changes upsetting parents". KOIN 6 News. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  26. ^ "Boundary Information". Beaverton School District. 2017. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  27. ^ "Beaverton School District: Feeder Schools, 2017–2018" (PDF). Beaverton School District. August 16, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  28. ^ "Principal's Message - Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering". base.beaverton.k12.or.us. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  29. ^ Owen, Wendy (September 25, 2014). "Beaverton's Summa program for highly gifted students continues to grow". OregonLive.
  30. ^ Owen, Wendy (November 18, 2014). "Stoller/Springville crowding solutions top Beaverton School Board meeting". OregonLive. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  31. ^ Owen, Wendy (November 23, 2015). "School gives up computer labs to keep gifted students". OregonLive. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  32. ^ "Cedar Hills Starts Work On New Grade School" (May 7, 1950). The Sunday Oregonian, Section 1, p. 9.
  33. ^ a b Thompson, Carla (May 17, 1983). "Two Beaverton grade schools to close in fall". The Oregonian. p. MW1.
  34. ^ a b Ostergren, Jack (November 18, 1986). "District 48 OKs sale of schools". The Oregonian (West Metro ed.). p. B6.
  35. ^ Graydon, Charlotte (May 6, 1983). "Leased schoolhouse teeming with activity". The Oregonian (West Metro ed.). p. D1.
  36. ^ a b Varner, Gerald H. (2000). School Days: A History of Public Schools In and Around Beaverton, Oregon, 1856–2000. pp. 21–22, 30–33. ISBN 0-9642353-3-1.
  37. ^ Leeson, Jeanne (April 8, 1980). "Worthwhile experience: Children, industry share school rooms". The Oregonian (Washington County ed.). p. W1.
  38. ^ "Once more with feeling". August 27, 2018.
  39. ^ "School Board". Beaverton School District. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  40. ^ "Board members". Beaverton School District. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  41. ^ "Count of homeless students in Oregon school districts, 2008–2009" (PDF). The Oregonian. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
  42. ^ "High homeless numbers in Beaverton schools point to outreach". Beaverton Valley Times. January 19, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2014. Last September, the Oregon Department of Education released the state's homeless student count and Beaverton School District was at the top of that list with 1,580 students, followed by Medford and Portland districts.
  43. ^ "Student and Teacher Profile". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  44. ^ "Beaverton School District Statistics". Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  45. ^ "Student Race and Ethnicity" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  46. ^ "Student Gender Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
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