Beaverton School District
| Beaverton School District | |
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Washington County, Oregon United States |
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| District information | |
| Type | School District |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Established | 1876 |
| Superintendent | Don Grotting |
| Budget | $423,095,598 (2015-2016) |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 40,725 (2015-16) |
| Teachers | 2,302 |
| Staff | 4,091 |
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| Website | www |
The Beaverton School District is a school district in and around Beaverton, 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 (10J) to create a unified school district. It is the third-largest school district in the state of Oregon 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 33 elementary, 8 middle, and 5 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.
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 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 (to make a 6-3-3 system) and then 1994 moving 6th into middle schools and 9th grades back to high school to form the current 5-3-4 configuration.
The Beaverton School District's school-age population grew by 44% in the 1990s, however only by 14% in the 2000s. Along with this 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.
The Beaverton School District operates eight middle schools housing 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.
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 Timberwolves, and its current principal is Shannon Anderson. Enrollment for the 2014 school year was 1,043, up from 968 the previous year. This school offers electives such as Drama, Band, Choir, Physical Education and Spanish, along with a more advanced Spanish class for native speakers.
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