Hillsboro School District
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The Hillsboro School District 1J is a unified school district
located in Hillsboro
, Oregon
, United States
. The district operates 26 elementary schools, four middle schools, and four high schools. Founded in 1851, the school district covers Hillsboro, Scholls
, Reedville
, North Plains
, West Union
, and other area communities. Total enrollment as of the 2007-2008 school year is 20,401 students, fourth largest in the state.
The district is labeled 1J as the district absorbed the West Union School District, the first district in the county and the J (joint) represents that the district extends into another county, Yamhill. Hillsboro's elementary schools had been District 7 prior to consolidation in 1996. The high school district was 3J and included students from grades 7 through 12, and received students from the Hillsboro elementary district and five other elementary districts.
The Hillsboro School District Board of Directors (school board) consists of seven elected members serving four-year terms. Board members receive no pay for their work on the Board. The district is part of the Northwest Regional Education Service District
. The district also runs a special alternative school and the Hare Field
athletic complex. The school district has drawn criticism for a 12-year contract signed with Coca-Cola
to provide soft drinks to the district’s schools.
Then in 1890 a new eight-room schoolhouse was finished at the present site of David Hill Elementary. In September 1908, tenth grade was added to the Hillsboro school district, with the classes held on the top floor of the school. Eleventh and twelfth grades were soon added, and in June 1911 the first students to complete four years of high school graduated. This class totaled five students, four girls and one boy. A stand alone high school was completed by 1913, and a gymnasium was built beginning in 1915. The district overall employed a total of 19 teachers for the 1913 to 1914 school year.
All five of the teachers in the High School district resigned in 1914 in a dispute with management. The school board had allowed the students to vote on which teachers to retain, which the teachers resented even though all were retained in the vote. The mass walkout led to classes being canceled for a time. The district paid high school teachers $133 per month, and the other teachers $125 per month, and the principals earned $1500 per year for the 1920 to 1921 school year. In 1929, a new high school building was finished with additional buildings and the wings added later. The neighboring Cornelius school district was dissolved in 1960, and part of their enrollment area was shifted to the Hillsboro districts, while the remainder went to the Forest Grove School District
.
Brookwood Elementary was opened in 1953, followed by Poynter Junior High, Brown Junior High, and Mooberry Elementary all in 1963. In May 1961, voters in all the districts feeding the high school voted on a proposal to merge into a single district. Voters decided not to merge, but the next year in February voters did approve merging the junior high grades into the high school district. The high school district then purchased Poynter from the elementary district for $772,566, and passed a bond measure in March 1962 to pay for that purchase, expand the school, and pay for the new junior high school that became Brown.
The district opened Hare Field
in 1965, a multi-sport facility with a track, baseball stadium, and football field. In 1970, a new senior high school opened on 48 acres (194,249.3 m²) on the south side of Hillsboro, with enrollment of the high school district reaching 3,621 students that year. The Union High School District's teachers held a three-day strike in March 1970 over their contracts, the first teacher's strike in Oregon history.
By 1987, enrollment in all the districts feeding into the high school district along with the high school district reached approximately 12,325 students. In 1987, the Union High School District began plans to unify the high school district with the six elementary districts that feed into the district's junior and senior high schools. In 1991, the Oregon Legislature passed a law requiring school districts to unify by 1996, which forced some reluctant elementary districts to unify into the Hillsboro School District. On July 1, 1996, Hillsboro Elementary, North Plains, Farmington View, Groner, Reedville, West Union, and Hillsboro Union High School districts unified into a single district, the fifth largest in Oregon at that time.
In 2003, the district made national news when 17 days of classes were cut from the school year which allowed students to be out in May due to budget cuts to education in Oregon. That year enrollment reached 18,951 for the unified district. In 2006, the district implemented a statistical tracking program that keeps track of all student information such as demographics, attendance, and academic achievement.
The district faced opposition in 2009 over the demolition of J. B. Thomas Middle School, a building preservationists wanted to save for use as a community building. The district planned to tear down the old building after a 2006 bond measure approved construction of several new schools including a new middle school, and expansion at the other existing middle schools. A new elementary school was built with funds from this levy on the eastern part of Thomas' grounds, with the buildings of the old school to be torn down to make way for athletic fields. In July 2009, a court allowed the demolition to go forward. By November 2009 the district had become the first in Oregon to use an Internet-based crisis management program to allow for easier access to information on schools by the district.
, or 2.0% of students in the district. The annual budget is $216 million.
.
. The school opened in 1977 with ten classrooms, with the students known as the Bulldogs. Butternut Creek is a single-story, wood-sided structure with a total of 42638 ft2 of space. The school has 452 students and is named after the nearby creek of the same name, a tributary of the Tualatin River
. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 87.5 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.
to the west of Hillsboro, Free Orchards is named for the original name for Cornelius. The school is on the eastern edge of the Cornelius on the south side of TV Highway (Baseline Street). Home to the Foxes, the school opened in September 2008 and has an enrollment of 453. The two-story building was paid for from a 2006 bond measure.
, Jacktown, and Mountainside south of Hillsboro in 1946. The current school consists of three single-story structures, with one also having a basement, and two have a brick veneer. In all the school has 32402 ft2 of space.
Part of the enrollment area of the school was proposed to be transferred to the Beaverton School District
in 2010. Located in the community of Scholls
along Oregon Route 210, Groner has 190 students, known as the Grizzles. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly missed targets for federal academics and is on the troubled list, scored 79.8 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.
. Known as the Wildcats, the school has 628 students. The school is named for Walter L. Henry who worked in the district for 38 years as a teacher and principal. The single-story structure has 48813 ft2 of space.
As of 2009, the school has repeatedly missed targets federal academic guidelines and must either offer free tutoring or transfers to students under the No Child Left Behind Act
. Under state goals, Henry scored 54.1 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as needs improvement for achievement. Henry was the only school in the district listed as needs improvement by the state in 2009.
, the school is located on Cornelius Pass Road
on the eastern edge of Hillsboro in the Reedville area. The 624 students are known as the Astros. The one-story building totals 60825 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 84.4 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.
Named for early settler David Thomas Lenox
who helped establish the nearby West Union Baptist Church
, the school's mascot is the pioneers. Located in the Rock Creek area
near the Sunset Highway
and Cornelius Pass Road
, the school has 390 students. The school opened in 1978 and was originally part of the West Union School District. A single-story, the structure covers 51074 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 96.8 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement.
schools in the district with multiple grades held in one large classroom. The school is located in northwest Hillsboro and the 504 students are known as the Cougars. The single-story structure has 53129 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 84.9 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.
on Northwest North Avenue, the school was part of the North Plains Elementary School District 70 until unified with the Hillsboro district in 1996. The North Plains district was formed in 1886, with the current elementary school constructed in 1954. The school building is a single-story structure with 46913 ft2 of space. Students at the 317 student school are known as the Hawks. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 100.9 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement.
neighborhood, once a city east of Hillsboro incorporated from 1913 to 1938, formed a school district (district 38) in 1908 when it split from the Shute district. The community was laid out in 1908 and the first school building was opened in 1909 near 228th and Birch. The school grew to include high school classes by 1918. Orenco's school district was later merged into the West Union School District and the school was later torn down after 1976, though the district retained the land.
In 1996, the West Union district merged into the Hillsboro district, and in 2000 the new Orenco Elementary school opened on the same property as the old school, though a block east of the original school building. Known as the Orcas, the school has 424 students. The school building is a two-story, brick-faced structure with 69435 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 95.1 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement.
and the school mascot is the panthers. The school building is a two-story, brick-faced structure with 69435 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 83.1 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement. Enrollment at the school is 510 students.
, received its name from the train station on the Oregon Electric Railway
at that location.
Located in the Reedville
area, the school and district were merged into the Hillsboro district in 1996. The 278-student school has Rams as their mascot. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 69.1 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.
certification when it earned Gold status in February 2010. The school is located in the southeastern part of Hillsboro, south of Tualatin Valley Highway
(TV Highway) at the edge of the urban growth boundary
. In 1921, the Rosedale School District was established, but by 1955 the district had merged into the Hillsboro Elementary School District and the single Rosedale school was closed.
. Known as the Wolverines, the school has an enrollment of 317. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 103.7 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement.
where the school is situated. Opened in 2003, the current building replaced an older building located several blocks north on the south side of TV Highway where Brookwood Avenue now crosses the highway at the railroad tracks. The old school had previously been in its own school district and the Reedville School District.
The 655 students at the school are known as the Wolves. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly missed targets federal academic guidelines and must either offer free tutoring or transfers to students under the No Child Left Behind Act. At the state level, Witch Hazel scored 77.9 on the state's achievement index and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.
Silver and light brown in color, the building was paid for from a 2006 bond measure, though Hillsboro's Parks Department provided an additional $500,000 to allow for a larger gym that is utilized by the parks department when school is not in session.
The school is located in southeast Hillsboro, adjacent to Witch Hazel Elementary. South Meadows is Hillsboro's only school that has the middle school version of the International Baccalaureate program. As of 2009, Thomas had repeatedly missed targets for federal academics and was on the troubled list, scored an 60.4 on the state's achievement index, was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement, and had 547 students. South Meadows receives students from W.L. Henry, Brookwood, Minter Bridge, Farmington View, Groner, Rosedale, and Witch Hazel elementary schools.
In order of creation:
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
located in Hillsboro
Hillsboro, Oregon
Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Lying in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city is home to many high-technology companies, such as Intel, that compose what has become known as the...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, United States
United States
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. The district operates 26 elementary schools, four middle schools, and four high schools. Founded in 1851, the school district covers Hillsboro, Scholls
Scholls, Oregon
Scholls, Oregon is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. It is located along the southern shore of the Tualatin River, near the intersection of Oregon Routes 210 and 219. Scholls is located approximately seven miles north of Newberg, seven miles west of Tigard,...
, Reedville
Reedville, Oregon
Reedville is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States between Hillsboro and Aloha. Oregon Route 8 runs through the area. Cornelius Pass Road is another main arterial...
, North Plains
North Plains, Oregon
North Plains is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, off U.S. 26 on the northwest outskirts of the Portland metropolitan area. The population was 1,605 at the 2000 census; by July 2007 the population was estimated to be 1,813.-Geography:...
, West Union
West Union, Oregon
West Union is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1851, the community had the first school district in the county, and also contains the oldest cemetery in the state and the oldest Baptist church west of the Rocky Mountains...
, and other area communities. Total enrollment as of the 2007-2008 school year is 20,401 students, fourth largest in the state.
The district is labeled 1J as the district absorbed the West Union School District, the first district in the county and the J (joint) represents that the district extends into another county, Yamhill. Hillsboro's elementary schools had been District 7 prior to consolidation in 1996. The high school district was 3J and included students from grades 7 through 12, and received students from the Hillsboro elementary district and five other elementary districts.
The Hillsboro School District Board of Directors (school board) consists of seven elected members serving four-year terms. Board members receive no pay for their work on the Board. The district is part of the Northwest Regional Education Service District
Educational service district
An educational service district or education service district is a type of collective government district in the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. Organizationally different than a school district, a single ESD may serve dozens of school districts...
. The district also runs a special alternative school and the Hare Field
Hare Field
Hare Field is a multi-sport facility located in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. The facility opened in 1965 and is owned by the Hillsboro School District. Hare Field includes a baseball stadium, a football stadium, practice fields, and track and field equipment. The venue hosts high school...
athletic complex. The school district has drawn criticism for a 12-year contract signed with Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
to provide soft drinks to the district’s schools.
History
Hillsboro’s first school district was formed in 1851 as School District 7. The Reverend Horace Lyman established the district and was the first commissioner, with that title later becoming school superintendent. The first school in the district was a single-room log cabin built in 1853 after a school levy was passed to raise $600 for construction. In 1875, a new frame constructed school was built, with the smaller log cabin kept for additional space.Then in 1890 a new eight-room schoolhouse was finished at the present site of David Hill Elementary. In September 1908, tenth grade was added to the Hillsboro school district, with the classes held on the top floor of the school. Eleventh and twelfth grades were soon added, and in June 1911 the first students to complete four years of high school graduated. This class totaled five students, four girls and one boy. A stand alone high school was completed by 1913, and a gymnasium was built beginning in 1915. The district overall employed a total of 19 teachers for the 1913 to 1914 school year.
All five of the teachers in the High School district resigned in 1914 in a dispute with management. The school board had allowed the students to vote on which teachers to retain, which the teachers resented even though all were retained in the vote. The mass walkout led to classes being canceled for a time. The district paid high school teachers $133 per month, and the other teachers $125 per month, and the principals earned $1500 per year for the 1920 to 1921 school year. In 1929, a new high school building was finished with additional buildings and the wings added later. The neighboring Cornelius school district was dissolved in 1960, and part of their enrollment area was shifted to the Hillsboro districts, while the remainder went to the Forest Grove School District
Forest Grove School District
Forest Grove School District is a public school district in Washington County, Oregon, United States. It serves the communities of Cornelius, Dilley, Forest Grove and Gales Creek. Yvonne Curtis is the superintendent of the district...
.
Brookwood Elementary was opened in 1953, followed by Poynter Junior High, Brown Junior High, and Mooberry Elementary all in 1963. In May 1961, voters in all the districts feeding the high school voted on a proposal to merge into a single district. Voters decided not to merge, but the next year in February voters did approve merging the junior high grades into the high school district. The high school district then purchased Poynter from the elementary district for $772,566, and passed a bond measure in March 1962 to pay for that purchase, expand the school, and pay for the new junior high school that became Brown.
The district opened Hare Field
Hare Field
Hare Field is a multi-sport facility located in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. The facility opened in 1965 and is owned by the Hillsboro School District. Hare Field includes a baseball stadium, a football stadium, practice fields, and track and field equipment. The venue hosts high school...
in 1965, a multi-sport facility with a track, baseball stadium, and football field. In 1970, a new senior high school opened on 48 acres (194,249.3 m²) on the south side of Hillsboro, with enrollment of the high school district reaching 3,621 students that year. The Union High School District's teachers held a three-day strike in March 1970 over their contracts, the first teacher's strike in Oregon history.
By 1987, enrollment in all the districts feeding into the high school district along with the high school district reached approximately 12,325 students. In 1987, the Union High School District began plans to unify the high school district with the six elementary districts that feed into the district's junior and senior high schools. In 1991, the Oregon Legislature passed a law requiring school districts to unify by 1996, which forced some reluctant elementary districts to unify into the Hillsboro School District. On July 1, 1996, Hillsboro Elementary, North Plains, Farmington View, Groner, Reedville, West Union, and Hillsboro Union High School districts unified into a single district, the fifth largest in Oregon at that time.
In 2003, the district made national news when 17 days of classes were cut from the school year which allowed students to be out in May due to budget cuts to education in Oregon. That year enrollment reached 18,951 for the unified district. In 2006, the district implemented a statistical tracking program that keeps track of all student information such as demographics, attendance, and academic achievement.
The district faced opposition in 2009 over the demolition of J. B. Thomas Middle School, a building preservationists wanted to save for use as a community building. The district planned to tear down the old building after a 2006 bond measure approved construction of several new schools including a new middle school, and expansion at the other existing middle schools. A new elementary school was built with funds from this levy on the eastern part of Thomas' grounds, with the buildings of the old school to be torn down to make way for athletic fields. In July 2009, a court allowed the demolition to go forward. By November 2009 the district had become the first in Oregon to use an Internet-based crisis management program to allow for easier access to information on schools by the district.
Schools
The district operates 32 schools, including four high schools, four middle schools, and 26 elementary schools. HSD also operates an alternative combined middle and high school as well as a charter school. As of April 2008, four new elementary schools and one new middle school were under construction. Staffing includes 1,089 full-time classified employees, 1,105 full-time teachers, and 73 administrator staff members. The average student to teacher ratio is 26:1 with a 3.5% drop-out rate for the 2005 to 2006 school year. In the 2009 school year, the district had 403 students classified as homeless by the Department of EducationOregon Department of Education
The Department of Education of the U.S. state of Oregon is responsible for implementation of state policies with respect to public education at the kindergarten through community college level, including academic standards and testing, credentials, and other matters not reserved to the local...
, or 2.0% of students in the district. The annual budget is $216 million.
Elementary schools
The 25 elementary schools in the district serve students in kindergarten through sixth gradeSixth grade
Sixth grade is a year of education in the United States and some other nations. The sixth grade is the sixth school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 11 – 12 years old...
.
Brookwood
Located in the middle portion of the city on Southeast Cedar Street, the single-story Brookwood Elementary opened in 1953 and was named after the area. It was the first building in the district to be built using prefabricated forms, and had to be expanded in 1957. The building now totals 40641 ft2 of space. The school's mascot is the bobcat, and enrollment at the school is 448 students. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly missed targets for federal academics and is on the troubled list, scored 73.5 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.Butternut Creek
Originally part of the Reedville School District, Butternut Creek is located east of Hillsboro in ReedvilleReedville, Oregon
Reedville is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States between Hillsboro and Aloha. Oregon Route 8 runs through the area. Cornelius Pass Road is another main arterial...
. The school opened in 1977 with ten classrooms, with the students known as the Bulldogs. Butternut Creek is a single-story, wood-sided structure with a total of 42638 ft2 of space. The school has 452 students and is named after the nearby creek of the same name, a tributary of the Tualatin River
Tualatin River
The Tualatin River is a tributary of the Willamette River located in Oregon in the United States. The river is approximately long, and it drains a fertile farming region called the Tualatin Valley southwest and west of Portland at the northwest corner of the Willamette Valley...
. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 87.5 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.
Eastwood
Home of the Eagles, the school is located in the central part of the city on Northeast Lincoln Street adjacent to Shadywood Park. The single-story building is faced with red-brick and has 45963 ft2 of space. Eastwood opened in 1978 and has a current enrollment of 467 students. As of 2009, the school has missed its target for federal academics and is on a watch list, scored 76.5 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.Farmington View
Opened in 1950, Farmington View was previously a part of its own single school district prior to unification in 1996. Prior to 1950 the schoolhouse for the district was in several other locations, including on Rood Bridge Road at Burkhalter Road east of the current building site. Located south of Hillsboro on Oregon Route 219, the school has an enrollment of 206, and students are known as the Bobcats. The single-story school building has 20467 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 101.0 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement.Free Orchards
Located in the neighboring city of CorneliusCornelius, Oregon
Cornelius is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. The population was 9,652 at the 2000 census. The 2007 estimate is 10,895 residents.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
to the west of Hillsboro, Free Orchards is named for the original name for Cornelius. The school is on the eastern edge of the Cornelius on the south side of TV Highway (Baseline Street). Home to the Foxes, the school opened in September 2008 and has an enrollment of 453. The two-story building was paid for from a 2006 bond measure.
Groner
Originally the only school in the independent Groner School District, the school opened in 1949, and was merged into the Hillsboro district in 1996. The Groner district was created by a merger of the schools for the communities of MidwayMidway, Washington County, Oregon
Midway is an unincorporated, rural community near Scholls in Washington County, Oregon, United States.- Geography :Midway is located on Oregon Route 219, approximately nine miles south of Hillsboro, near the Tualatin River to the east. Midway also lends its name to Midway Road, which runs from the...
, Jacktown, and Mountainside south of Hillsboro in 1946. The current school consists of three single-story structures, with one also having a basement, and two have a brick veneer. In all the school has 32402 ft2 of space.
Part of the enrollment area of the school was proposed to be transferred to the Beaverton School District
Beaverton School District
The Beaverton School District is a school district in suburban Beaverton and Portland, Oregon, United States. 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...
in 2010. Located in the community of Scholls
Scholls, Oregon
Scholls, Oregon is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. It is located along the southern shore of the Tualatin River, near the intersection of Oregon Routes 210 and 219. Scholls is located approximately seven miles north of Newberg, seven miles west of Tigard,...
along Oregon Route 210, Groner has 190 students, known as the Grizzles. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly missed targets for federal academics and is on the troubled list, scored 79.8 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.
W. L. Henry
Opened in 1968, the school is located in the central part of Hillsboro, adjoining Turner Creek ParkTurner Creek Park
Turner Creek Park is a municipal park in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened about 1990, the park is located in the middle of the city along Turner Creek near southwest 32nd Avenue between Tualatin Valley Highway and Main Street...
. Known as the Wildcats, the school has 628 students. The school is named for Walter L. Henry who worked in the district for 38 years as a teacher and principal. The single-story structure has 48813 ft2 of space.
As of 2009, the school has repeatedly missed targets federal academic guidelines and must either offer free tutoring or transfers to students under the No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is a United States Act of Congress concerning the education of children in public schools.NCLB was originally proposed by the administration of George W. Bush immediately after he took office...
. Under state goals, Henry scored 54.1 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as needs improvement for achievement. Henry was the only school in the district listed as needs improvement by the state in 2009.
Imlay
Imlay Elementary is located in southeastern Hillsboro near Century High School. The school, known as the Eagles, opened in 2002. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 93.7 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement. The school has 624 students.Indian Hills
Opened in 1979, the school was originally part of the Reedville School District that merged into the Hillsboro district in 1996. Known as the Bears, the 450 student school is on the eastern edge of Hillsboro in the Reedville area along Rock Road. The one-story building contains 45181 ft2. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 104.3 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement.Jackson
Located in the north-central part of Hillsboro along Northeast Jackson School Road, the school opened in 1990. The school's mascot is the jaguar, and enrollment at the school is 536 students. The school building is a single-story, brick structure with 48367 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 97.2 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement.Ladd Acres
Originally part of the Reedville School District, the school opened in 1968 with eight classrooms, later expanded in 1974. Named for William S. LaddWilliam S. Ladd
William Sargent Ladd was an American politician and businessman in Oregon. He twice served as Portland, Oregon’s mayor in the 1850s. A native of Vermont, he was a prominent figure in the early development of Portland, and co-founded the first bank in the state in 1859...
, the school is located on Cornelius Pass Road
Cornelius Pass Road
Cornelius Pass Road is an arterial road over Cornelius Pass in the Tualatin Mountains west of Portland, Oregon, USA. Running north–south, the road stretches between U.S. Route 30 on the north and Oregon Route 8 on the south...
on the eastern edge of Hillsboro in the Reedville area. The 624 students are known as the Astros. The one-story building totals 60825 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 84.4 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.
Lenox
David Thomas Lenox
David Thomas Lenox was an American pioneer who settled in the Oregon Country where he organized the first Baptist Church west of the Rocky Mountains. A native of New York, he lived in Illinois and Missouri before he was captain of the first wagon train over the Oregon Trail to what became the...
who helped establish the nearby West Union Baptist Church
West Union Baptist Church
West Union Baptist Church is a Baptist congregation and historic church structure in West Union, Oregon, United States.-History:The Baptist congregation was founded in 1844 and met in the home of pioneer David Thomas Lenox until 1853, when he donated of his land for a church and cemetery...
, the school's mascot is the pioneers. Located in the Rock Creek area
Rockcreek, Oregon
Rockcreek is a census-designated place in Washington County, Oregon, north of U.S. Route 26. It is named for the Rock Creek neighborhood in the area. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 9,404.-Geography:...
near the Sunset Highway
Sunset Highway (Oregon)
The Sunset Highway No. 47 , in the state of Oregon, is an official designation for the portion of U.S. Route 26 between its western terminus, south of Seaside, and the interchange with Interstate 405 in downtown Portland...
and Cornelius Pass Road
Cornelius Pass Road
Cornelius Pass Road is an arterial road over Cornelius Pass in the Tualatin Mountains west of Portland, Oregon, USA. Running north–south, the road stretches between U.S. Route 30 on the north and Oregon Route 8 on the south...
, the school has 390 students. The school opened in 1978 and was originally part of the West Union School District. A single-story, the structure covers 51074 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 96.8 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement.
Lincoln Street
Opened in 2008, the school is located in downtown Hillsboro and replaced David Hill Elementary. The two-story, brick-faced structure was paid for from a 2006 bond measure. Students at the 533-pupil school are known as the Lynx.W. Verne McKinney
Built for $941,000, the school was named after longtime Hillsboro Argus publisher and editor W. Verne McKinney. Opened in 1970, this was the first of the open classroomOpen classroom
An open classroom is a student-centered classroom design format popular in the United States in the 1970s. In its most extreme form, entire schools were built without interior walls, which made teaching loud and disruptive in worst case scenarios - for most schools this has not been as big a...
schools in the district with multiple grades held in one large classroom. The school is located in northwest Hillsboro and the 504 students are known as the Cougars. The single-story structure has 53129 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 84.9 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.
Minter Bridge
Named for the nearby street of the same name, the school is located in southeast Hillsboro adjacent to Hillsboro High School. The school opened in 1980 and the 446 students are known as the Dolphins. The school building is a single-story, brick-faced structure with 47563 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 85 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.Mooberry
Mooberry is located in northeast Hillsboro on 10th Street. The 34400 ft2 school opened in 1963 at a cost of $348,000. Known as the Mustangs, the school has 508 students. The school was named after two teachers, Lester and Margaret Mooberry. The school building is a single-story, brick-faced structure with the school grounds covering 215000 ft2. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly missed targets federal academic guidelines and must either offer free tutoring or transfers to students under the No Child Left Behind Act. Under state goals, Mooberry scored 67.6 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory for achievement.North Plains
Located north of Hillsboro in the city of North PlainsNorth Plains, Oregon
North Plains is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, off U.S. 26 on the northwest outskirts of the Portland metropolitan area. The population was 1,605 at the 2000 census; by July 2007 the population was estimated to be 1,813.-Geography:...
on Northwest North Avenue, the school was part of the North Plains Elementary School District 70 until unified with the Hillsboro district in 1996. The North Plains district was formed in 1886, with the current elementary school constructed in 1954. The school building is a single-story structure with 46913 ft2 of space. Students at the 317 student school are known as the Hawks. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 100.9 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement.
Orenco
The OrencoOrenco, Oregon
Orenco is a former company town in Washington County, Oregon, United States, located between Hillsboro and Aloha. The former community of Orenco now forms the Orenco neighborhood in Hillsboro, which is the site of the Orenco Station housing development.The community was established in 1905 as a...
neighborhood, once a city east of Hillsboro incorporated from 1913 to 1938, formed a school district (district 38) in 1908 when it split from the Shute district. The community was laid out in 1908 and the first school building was opened in 1909 near 228th and Birch. The school grew to include high school classes by 1918. Orenco's school district was later merged into the West Union School District and the school was later torn down after 1976, though the district retained the land.
In 1996, the West Union district merged into the Hillsboro district, and in 2000 the new Orenco Elementary school opened on the same property as the old school, though a block east of the original school building. Known as the Orcas, the school has 424 students. The school building is a two-story, brick-faced structure with 69435 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 95.1 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement.
Paul L. Patterson
Located in the northwest part of Hillsboro on Northeast Lenox Street, the elementary school opened in 2000. The school is named after former Governor Paul L. PattersonPaul L. Patterson
Paul Linton Patterson was an American Republican politician. He served as President of the Oregon State Senate and the 26th Governor of Oregon .-Early life:...
and the school mascot is the panthers. The school building is a two-story, brick-faced structure with 69435 ft2 of space. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 83.1 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement. Enrollment at the school is 510 students.
Quatama
Opened in 2008 in the Orenco area near 231st and Cornell Road, the school is a short distance from Orenco Elementary. The two-story school has a capacity of 600, with students known as the Coyotes. The beige and silver-colored structure was paid for from a 2006 bond measure. Quatama is named after the locale located about 1 mile east of the school where the Quatama MAX station sits. The community, settled by Hungarians who worked for the Oregon Nursery CompanyOregon Nursery Company
The Oregon Nursery Company was a nursery company founded and originally operated in Salem, Oregon, United States. The company later expanded to a site in Washington County, Oregon west of Portland. The entire operation was eventually moved to Washington County, where the company founded the town...
, received its name from the train station on the Oregon Electric Railway
Oregon Electric Railway
The Oregon Electric Railway was an interurban railroad line in the U.S. state of Oregon that linked Portland to Eugene. Service from Portland to Salem, Oregon, began in 1907. The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway purchased the system in 1910, and extended service to Eugene in 1912...
at that location.
Reedville
Reedville School District 29 was formed by 1859 with a one-room schoolhouse built that same year at what is now Johnson Road and 209th Avenue. In 1920, that building was demolished and a three-room school was built at the same site. The school continued to expand, growing to 12 classrooms, a gym, and several other rooms by 1976. This single-story building remains in use as the current Reedville Elementary School, and has a total of 16247 ft2 of space.Located in the Reedville
Reedville, Oregon
Reedville is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States between Hillsboro and Aloha. Oregon Route 8 runs through the area. Cornelius Pass Road is another main arterial...
area, the school and district were merged into the Hillsboro district in 1996. The 278-student school has Rams as their mascot. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 69.1 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.
Rosedale
Home of the Pride, the $21 million school opened in 2009 with a capacity of 600 students. The two-story, red-brick building was paid for from a 2006 bond measure, and has environmentally friendly features such as using recycled rainwater for irrigation. The school has approximately 330 students, and became the first school in the district to reach LEEDLeadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design consists of a suite of rating systems for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings, homes and neighborhoods....
certification when it earned Gold status in February 2010. The school is located in the southeastern part of Hillsboro, south of Tualatin Valley Highway
Tualatin Valley Highway
The Tualatin Valley Highway No. 29 is an Oregon highway which passes through the Tualatin Valley, between the cities of McMinnville and Beaverton...
(TV Highway) at the edge of the urban growth boundary
Urban growth boundary
An urban growth boundary, or UGB, is a regional boundary, set in an attempt to control urban sprawl by mandating that the area inside the boundary be used for higher density urban development and the area outside be used for lower density development.An urban growth boundary circumscribes an...
. In 1921, the Rosedale School District was established, but by 1955 the district had merged into the Hillsboro Elementary School District and the single Rosedale school was closed.
L. C. Tobias
Located southeast of Hillsboro near West Baseline Road and 206th Avenue, the 554 students at the school are known as the Tigers. The 52650 ft2, one-story, brick building was completed in 1992 and was originally part of the Reedville School District until the merger with the Hillsboro districts in 1996. As of 2009, the school has missed its target for federal academics and is on a watch list, scored 80.4 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.West Union
Opened in 1948 as part of the West Union School District, the district and school merged into the Hillsboro district in 1996. West Union School District 1 was established in 1851 and was the first district in the county. The school is located north of Hillsboro in the community of West UnionWest Union, Oregon
West Union is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1851, the community had the first school district in the county, and also contains the oldest cemetery in the state and the oldest Baptist church west of the Rocky Mountains...
. Known as the Wolverines, the school has an enrollment of 317. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly met all targets for federal academics, scored 103.7 on the state's achievement index, and was listed as outstanding by the state for achievement.
Witch Hazel
Located in southeast Hillsboro at Brookwood Avenue near TV Highway, the school is named for the former community of Witch HazelWitch Hazel, Oregon
Witch Hazel is a neighborhood of the city of Hillsboro in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Formerly an unincorporated community, and considered a separate populated place by the United States Geological Survey, it is on the Tualatin Valley Highway and the Southern Pacific railroad line a...
where the school is situated. Opened in 2003, the current building replaced an older building located several blocks north on the south side of TV Highway where Brookwood Avenue now crosses the highway at the railroad tracks. The old school had previously been in its own school district and the Reedville School District.
The 655 students at the school are known as the Wolves. As of 2009, the school has repeatedly missed targets federal academic guidelines and must either offer free tutoring or transfers to students under the No Child Left Behind Act. At the state level, Witch Hazel scored 77.9 on the state's achievement index and was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement.
Middle schools
- Brown Middle School
- Evergreen Middle School
- Poynter Middle School
South Meadows
Opened in 2009, the school replaced J. B. Thomas Middle School. Thomas was home to the Trojans, and South Meadows is home to the Hawks. The $41 million, two-story school has a capacity of 1,000 students, with enrollment at about 750 when it opened.Silver and light brown in color, the building was paid for from a 2006 bond measure, though Hillsboro's Parks Department provided an additional $500,000 to allow for a larger gym that is utilized by the parks department when school is not in session.
The school is located in southeast Hillsboro, adjacent to Witch Hazel Elementary. South Meadows is Hillsboro's only school that has the middle school version of the International Baccalaureate program. As of 2009, Thomas had repeatedly missed targets for federal academics and was on the troubled list, scored an 60.4 on the state's achievement index, was listed as satisfactory by the state for achievement, and had 547 students. South Meadows receives students from W.L. Henry, Brookwood, Minter Bridge, Farmington View, Groner, Rosedale, and Witch Hazel elementary schools.
High schools
- Hillsboro High School (colloquially known as Hilhi) (current campus in 1969)
- Glencoe High SchoolGlencoe High School (Oregon)Glencoe High School is a public secondary school in Hillsboro, Oregon's Hillsboro School District. It was founded in 1980 to help control the growing density of Hillsboro High School due to the city's rapid expansion, and is the second oldest of the four high schools in the city. Glencoe is...
(1980) - Century High SchoolCentury High School (Oregon)Century High School is located in Hillsboro, Oregon. It was built in 1997 with the school colors of black, teal, and silver. Century High School's Principal is Ted Zehr. The school's mascot is the jaguar...
(1997) - Liberty High School (2003)
Other schools
- Miller Education CenterMiller Education CenterMiller Education Center is an alternative school in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Part of the Hillsboro School District, it features programs that include two alternative high schools and a middle school. The school currently has three locations in Hillsboro and serves grades 7-12. The school...
, alternative school with 7-12 grades - City View Charter SchoolCity View Charter SchoolCity View Charter School is a public charter school in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Opened in 2004, the school is authorized by the Hillsboro School District and offers kindergarten through eighth grades. Curriculum is based on the hands-on project based instruction model Expeditionary...
with grades K-8
Former schools
- Peter Boscow Elementary
- David Hill Elementary
- Barnes Junior High School
- J. B. Thomas Middle/Junior High School: The beige-colored buildings were located on Northeast Lincoln at Sixth Avenue. The main school building was a three-story structure with 47096 ft2 of space. The eastern wing was constructed in 1963.