Beaverton School District

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.[10] 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.[13] 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 (also called Theater), 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.[10][14][15]

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.[16][14][17][18]

Five Oaks' mascot is the Falcon, and its principal is Shirley Brock. 2018-19 enrollment was 1,001, down from 1,055 in 2013.[19][14] 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.[20] Its mascot is the Raider, and its principal is Curtis Semana. 2018-19 enrollment was 855, up from 820 in 2013.[21][14]

Meadow Park's mascot is the Eagle, and its principal is Jared Freeman. 2018-19 enrollment was 806, up from 768 in 2013.[22][14]

Mountain View's mascot is the Mountaineer, and its principal is Wendy Rider. 2018-19 enrollment was 895, up from 856 in 2013.[23][14]

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.[24][14]

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. [25]

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.[26] Whitford was a station on the same line, located at the present-day intersection of Allen Road and Scholls Ferry Road (Oregon Route 210); 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.[27] Whitford's mascot is the Coachman, and its principal is Brian Peerenboom. 2014 enrollment was 681, up from 680 in 2013.[14]

High schools in Beaverton are part of the Metro League for interscholastic athletics and activities.[28] The newest, Mountainside High School, opened in September 2017 for freshmen and sophomores.[29] As a result, the district began planning to alter its high school boundaries.[30] The boundary changes were approved in June 2017 and went into effect at the beginning of the 2017–2018 school year.[31]

Image	School	Mascot	Principal	Feeder middle schools[32]
	Aloha	Warrior	Matt Casteel	Five Oaks, Mountain View
	Beaverton	Beaver	Anne Erwin	Cedar Park, Highland Park, Meadow Park, Whitford
	Mountainside	Maverick	Todd Corsetti[29]	Conestoga, Highland Park, Mountain View
	Southridge	Skyhawk	David Nieslanik	Conestoga, Whitford
	Sunset	Apollo	John Huelskamp	Cedar Park, Meadow Park, Stoller
	Westview	Wildcat	Matt Pedersen	Five Oaks, Meadow Park, Stoller

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ACMA

HS2

Merlo Station

• Arts & Communication Magnet Academy (ACMA)

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

• Beaverton Health & Science School (HS2)

  Focuses on science, medicine and engineering for 6th through 12th grade students. Principal: Brian Sica.

• International School of Beaverton (ISB)

  Offers the International Baccalaureate program for 6th through 12th grade students. Principal: Jill O'Neill.

• Merlo Station High School

  Composed of several programs, including the Community School and the School of Science and Technology. Principal: Mary Jean Katz.

• Rachel Carson Environmental Middle School

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

• Summa

  Programs at Meadow Park, Whitford, Stoller, Cedar Park, and Highland Park middle schools for talented and gifted students. 795 students were enrolled in Summa classes at five middle schools for the 2014-2015 school year.[35]

  In November 2014 a plan to move Summa students who attend Stoller Middle School to the newly constructed Timberland middle school as a solution to overcrowding was proposed, but was delayed in November 2015 due to opposition from parents and school administration.[36][37]

Construction of Timberland Middle School

• Timberland Middle School

  Set to open in 2020 and built on land acquired in 2003, the school is serving as a replacement for several elementary schools between 2016 and 2020 undergoing remodeling before its formal opening. Construction began on May 19, 2015.[38][39]

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

  Built in the early 1950s;[40] closed in 1983.[41] The building was repurposed as the Cedar Hills Recreation Center of the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District (THPRD), initially leased from BSD, but sold to THPRD circa late 1986.[42]

• 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.[43] The building was later sold to THPRD.[42]

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

  Opened in 1938; closed in 1983.[41] The building became an annex to Beaverton High School, located directly adjacent, and remains in use as such.

• Sunset Valley Elementary School

  Opened in 1948, and closed in 1980.[44] The building and property were purchased in 1979 by Electro Scientific Industries,[45] which used it until the mid-1990s. The building was then razed and replaced by a Home Depot store.[44]

• C. E. Mason Elementary School

  The building is now used as Arts & Communication Magnet Academy.[46]

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."[47] 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.[48]

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.[49][50] In 2016, Rose resigned in order to head the Fulton County School System in Georgia.[51]

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

• Kindergarten - 1:26.95
• Grades 1–5 - 1:30.48
• Grades 6–8 - 1:35:50
• Grades 9–12 - 1:26.4

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 (includes students identifying with more than one of the categories above or students not identifying with any of the categories above)
• 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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