Beaverton School District


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. The elementary district was later merged with the high school district to create a unified school district. It is the third-largest school district in the state, with an enrollment of 39,763 students as of 2015. For the 2015–2016 school year the district had a total budget of $423.1 million.
The district employs over 2,000 teachers at its 34 elementary, eight middle, and six high schools as well as several options schools. In 2014 18,345 students were enrolled in elementary school, 9,200 in middle school, and 11,588 in high school. Mountainside High School, the district's sixth high school, opened in 2017.

History

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. The district has followed the trends throughout the US, establishing schools for 7th–9th grades in the mid-1960s 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.
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.
In 2017, the district began releasing all students early on Wednesdays to allow additional time for teacher collaboration and development; the school year is also being lengthened.

Schools

Elementary schools

SchoolMascotPrincipal
Aloha Huber Park CougarScott Drue
BarnesBobcatPaul Marietta
Beaver AcresBeaverStacy Geale
BethanyBobcatCasey Lange
Bonny SlopeBobcatJanet Maza
Cedar MillLumberjackAmy Chamberlain
ChehalemMustangAngee Silliman
Cooper MountainCougarAli Montelongo
ElmonicaEngineerCynthia Lam Moffett
Errol HassellHornetScarlet Valentine
FindleyDragonSherry Marsh
Fir GroveFurry GroverErin Miles
GreenwayCougar
HazeldaleHawkAngela Tran
HiteonHawkMeghan Warren
Jacob WismerEagleJoan McFadden
KinnamanCoyoteAshlee Hudson
McKayWolfErin Kollings
McKinleyMountain LionAki Mori
MontclairRed-Tailed HawkSean Leverty
Nancy RylesCrocodileKayla Bell
Oak HillsOtterSheila Baumgardner
Raleigh Hills PantherPeter McDougal
Raleigh ParkTigerBrian Curl
RidgewoodRoadrunnerCary Meier
Rock CreekRocketTiffany Wiencken
SatoRaccoonAnnie Pleau
Scholls HeightsKnightTracy Bariao-Arce
Sexton MountainEagleCherie Reese
Springville WolfRobin Kobrowski
Terra LindaTigerChristy Batsell
VoseOwlMonique Singleton
West Tualatin ViewAll-StarKalay McNamee
William WalkerEagleMelissa Murray

Middle schools

The Beaverton School District operates eight middle schools housing 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.

Cedar Park

Cedar Park, located on Park Way, was built in 1965 as the district's fourth middle school. It was first opened during the 1965–66 school year for seventh graders only, with an enrollment of 343; however, construction was not complete until 1966. It opened for all grades beginning with the 1966 school year. The school's mascot is the Timberwolf, and its current principal is Dr. Shannon Anderson. Enrollment for the 2014 school year was 1,043, up from 968 the previous year. Its enrollment in 2018-19 was 1,001. The school received air conditioning for the whole building over the summer of 2017, and its lockers were painted and its fence was replaced over the summer of 2018. This school offers electives such as Drama, Band, Choir, Physical Education, and Spanish. It used to offer a more advanced Spanish class for native speakers as well as a class called Design, which was removed starting in the 2017-18 school year.

Conestoga

Conestoga is located on Conestoga Drive. Its mascot is the Cougar, and its principal is Zan Hess. Its 2018-19 enrollment was 997, up from 904 in 2013.

Five Oaks

Five Oaks' mascot is the Falcon, and its principal is Shirley Brock. 2018-19 enrollment was 1,001, down from 1,055 in 2013. Five Oaks hosts Rachel Carson Environmental Middle School, which focuses on environmental science.

Highland Park

Highland Park was opened in 1965 to 1,106 students, after several failed bonds in the previous years. Its mascot is the Raider, and its principal is Curtis Semana. 2018-19 enrollment was 855, up from 820 in 2013.

Meadow Park

Meadow Park's mascot is the Eagle, and its principal is Jared Freeman. 2018-19 enrollment was 806, up from 768 in 2013.

Mountain View

Mountain View's mascot is the Mountaineer, and its principal is Wendy Rider. 2018-19 enrollment was 895, up from 856 in 2013.

Stoller

Stoller is located on Laidlaw Road. Its mascot is the Jaguar, and principal is Veronica Galvan. 2018-19 enrollment was 1,554, up from 1,341 in 2013. It is the largest middle school in the school district.
On November 30, 2018, a threat of violence was made, prompting law enforcement and increased police in the school. The threat was heavily rumored to be a bot that sent out similar threats across the country on the same day. Many other threats were also made in the 2018-19 school year causing panic in many cases.

Whitford

Whitford is located in Garden Home–Whitford. Garden Home was an established community when the Oregon Electric Railway was built at the beginning of the 20th century, which named a depot on the line for the community. Whitford was a station on the same line, located at the present-day intersection of Allen Road and Scholls Ferry Road ; the name was created by combining the names of W. A. White and A.C. Bedford, New York investors who were directors of the railway. Whitford Station closed when the railway stopped running around 1920, but the name stuck. The school itself opened in 1963 to grades 7 and 8. Whitford's mascot is the Coachman, and its principal is Brian Peerenboom. 2014 enrollment was 681, up from 680 in 2013.

High schools

High schools in Beaverton are part of the Metro League for interscholastic athletics and activities. The newest, Mountainside High School, opened in September 2017 for freshmen and sophomores. As a result, the district began planning to alter its high school boundaries. The boundary changes were approved in June 2017 and went into effect at the beginning of the 2017–2018 school year.
ImageSchoolMascotPrincipalFeeder middle schools
AlohaWarriorMatt CasteelFive Oaks, Mountain View
BeavertonBeaverAnne ErwinCedar Park, Highland Park, Meadow Park, Whitford
MountainsideMaverickTodd CorsettiConestoga, Highland Park, Mountain View
SouthridgeSkyhawkDavid NieslanikConestoga, Whitford
SunsetApolloJohn HuelskampCedar Park, Meadow Park, Stoller
WestviewWildcatMatt PedersenFive Oaks, Meadow Park, Stoller

Option schools

School board

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." The board members for the 2015-2016 school year were Susan Greenberg, Anne Bryan, Eric Simpson, Donna Tyner, LeeAnn Larsen, Becky Tymchuk, and Linda Degman.

Superintendent

The current Beaverton School District superintendent is Don Grotting, who has served since July 1, 2016. Dr. Jeff Rose served between July 2011 and July 2016, after previous Superintendent Jerome Colona stepped down. Rose previously served as Superintendent of the Canby School District from 2008 until 2011. In 2016, Rose resigned in order to head the Fulton County School System in Georgia.

Demographics

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. By 2010, the number of homeless students had grown to 1,580, the highest of any school district in the state.

Teacher/student ratios

The following are the district's teacher/student staffing ratios :
All information below is as of October 1, 2014.