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, Oregon. 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 39,180 students as of 2022. For the 2022–23 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, the district's ninth middle school, opened in the fall of 2021.
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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 10 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.
From March 2020 to March 2021, all students were instructed remotely either through online learning or through comprehensive distance learning. Return to in-person instruction began 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

Boundary

The district's 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.
The district extends into Multnomah County, where it includes a small portion of Portland.

Schools

Elementary schools

SchoolEnrollment*MascotPrincipalFeeder to
Aloha–Huber Park**992CougarSarita AmayaMountain View
Barnes478BobcatEdgar SolaresMeadow Park
Beaver Acres727BeaverAngela TranMeadow Park
Bethany429BobcatToni RosenquistFive Oaks
Bonny Slope683BobcatCary MeierTumwater
Cedar Mill356LumberjackAmy ChamberlainTumwater
Chehalem372MustangMelissa HolzCedar Park, Mountain View
Cooper Mountain392CougarAli MontelongoHighland Park, Mountain View
Elmonica418EngineerKalay McNameeFive Oaks, Meadow Park
Errol Hassell355HornetPaul MariettaMountain View
Findley527DragonSherry MarshTumwater
Fir Grove362Furry GroverErin MilesHighland Park
Greenway273CougarJennifer WhittenConestoga
Hazeldale412HawkBao VangHighland Park, Mountain View
Hiteon477HawkJanet MazaConestoga
Jacob Wismer592EaglesLaurie HuntworkStoller
Kinnaman460CoyoteAshlee HudsonMountain View
McKay249WolfErin KollingsConestoga, Whitford
McKinley628Mountain LionBrian CurlFive Oaks, Meadow Park
Montclair283Red-Tailed HawkAngee SillimanWhitford
Nancy Ryles507CrocodileMonica ArbowConestoga, Highland Park
Oak Hills485OtterThao Do GwilliamFive Oaks, Tumwater
Raleigh Hills**307PantherJennifer DeMartinoWhitford
Raleigh Park299TigerAki MoriWhitford
Ridgewood371RoadrunnerMeghan WarrenCedar Park
Rock Creek431RocketTiffany WienckenFive Oaks
Sato762RaccoonAnnie PleauStoller
Scholls Heights619KnightTracy Bariao-ArceConestoga
Sexton Mountain440EagleCherie ReeseHighland Park
Springville**767WolfChristy BatsellStoller
Terra Linda258TigerWendy BernardTumwater
Vose694OwlMonique SingletonWhitford
West Tualatin View305All-StarScarlet ValentineCedar Park
William Walker503WildcatDerek JohnstonCedar Park

*Enrollment numbers are for 2022–23 school year.
**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 2023–24 school year. Aloha–Huber Park remains a K-8 for dual language immersion students.

Middle schools

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 district's 6-3-3 plan established in the 1960s.
NameEnrollment*MascotPrincipalFeeder to
Cedar Park454TimberwolfShannon AndersonBeaverton High School
Conestoga769CougarJared FreemanMountainside, Southridge
Five Oaks749FalconKelly LaverneWestview High School
Highland Park635RaiderKirsti GuidouxMountainside, Southridge
Meadow Park681EagleJohanna CastilloAloha, Beaverton, Sunset
Mountain View867MountaineerWendy RiderAloha, Mountainside
Stoller902JaguarGrant PirosSunset, Westview
Tumwater979RapidsMatthew SmithSunset High School
Whitford789WildcatZan HessBeaverton, Southridge

*Enrollment numbers are for 2022-2023 school year.

High schools

High schools in Beaverton are part of the 6A-2 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 2017–18 school year.
ImageSchoolEnrollment*MascotPrincipalFeeder schools
Aloha High School1,609WarriorMatt CasteelMeadow Park Middle School
Mountain View Middle School
Beaverton High School1,430BeaverAndrew KearlCedar Park Middle School
Meadow Park Middle School
Whitford Middle School
Mountainside High School1,715MaverickNatalie LabossiereConestoga Middle School
Highland Park Middle School
Mountain View Middle School
Southridge High School1,460SkyhawkDavid NieslanikConestoga Middle School
Highland Park Middle School
Whitford Middle School
Sunset High School1,903ApolloElisa SchorrMeadow Park Middle School
Stoller Middle School
Tumwater Middle School
Westview High School2,353WildcatMatt PedersenFive Oaks Middle School
Stoller Middle School

*Enrollment numbers are for 2022–23 school year.

Option schools

[Arts & Communication Magnet Academy] (ACMA)

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

[Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering] (BASE)

[International School of Beaverton] (ISB)

[Merlo Station High School] (MSHS)

  • Houses Community School and Merlo Station Night School. Principal: Rachel Sip.

Rachel Carson Environmental Middle School (RCEMS)

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

Summa

  • Programs at Meadow Park, Stoller, Tumwater, and Whitford middle schools for talented and gifted students. 681 students were enrolled in Summa classes at five middle schools for the 2022–23 school year.
  • 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.

Closed schools

Cedar Hills Elementary School

Garden Home Elementary School

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

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

  • Opened in 1938; closed in 1983. Upon closure, the building became an annex to Beaverton High School until 2024, when the building was demolished to make room for construction of a new building for the high school.

Sunset Valley Elementary School

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

C. E. Mason Elementary School

Administration

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 2022–23 school year are Susan Greenberg, Sunita Garg, Eric Simpson, Vice Chair Karen Pérez, Ugonna Enyinnaya, Becky Tymchuk and Chair Tom Colett.

Superintendent

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

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 :
  • 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

All information below is as of October 1, 2014.
  • Ethnicity:
  • * 13% Asian
  • * 3% Black
  • * 24% Hispanic or Latino
  • * 1% Native American/Alaska Native
  • * 1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
  • * 52% White
  • * 7% Other
  • 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