Hillsboro School District

School district in Oregon, United States
the school district in Missouri

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 2019–2020 school year is 20,269 students, the fourth largest in the state. The district is labeled 1J, as it absorbed the West Union School District, the first district in the county; the J (for "joint") represents that the district extends into other counties, Yamhill and Multnomah. Hillsboro's elementary schools had been District 7 prior to consolidation in 1996. The district also runs a special alternative school and the Hare Field athletic complex.

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. 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. and a gymnasium was built beginning in 1915. The district overall employed a total of 19 teachers for the 1913–1914 school year. All five of the high school teachers in the 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. In 1929, a new high school building was finished with additional buildings and the wings added later. Brookwood Elementary was opened in 1953, followed by Poynter Junior High in 1960, then Brown Junior High and Mooberry Elementary 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 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 on the south side of Hillsboro, with enrollment of the high school district reaching 3,621 students that year. 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. 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, which 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. HSD purchased in the South Hillsboro area in April 2014 to house a fifth high school, and, along with prior acquisitions, could add up to four elementary schools and a middle school in that area. In 2017, a $408 million capital construction bond was passed to facilitate various projects across the district, such as renovations to school buildings, increased security measures, the construction of two new elementary schools, the creation of a fiber optic network connecting all schools, and land acquisition of new school sites.

The boundary includes most of Hillsboro, all of North Plains, and portions of Aloha, Beaverton, Cornelius, and Rockcreek.

The district operates 34 schools, including four high schools, four middle schools, and 26 elementary schools. HSD also operates an alternative combined middle and high school, an online school, as well as a charter school. As of 2021, one new elementary school is under construction. Staffing includes 1,244 full time classified employees, 1,130 full time teachers, and 79 administrator staff members. In the 2009 school year, the district had 403 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 2.0% of students in the district. The annual budget is $250,935,863 with the exception of Groner as described below.

Named after the Atfalati people who originally inhabited the area, Atfalati Ridge is located on Northwest King Street in the Sunset Ridge subdivision of eastern North Plains. The two story, , building opened in 2021 at a cost of $37.2 million. The school shares its floor plan with Brookwood Elementary and Tamarack Elementary, all constructed as a part of the District's 2017 bond measure. The students are known as the Blue Jays. It was the first building in the district to be built using prefabricated forms, and had to be expanded in 1957. of space to The new building, which can house up to 600 students, features "learning areas" for group learning, a glass enclosed "think tank", a STEM lab, an outdoor learning area, and a broadcast studio. Brookwood's new floor plan has since been used for Atfalati Ridge and Tamarack Elementary. The school's mascot is the bobcat,

Originally part of the Reedville School District, Butternut Creek is located east of Hillsboro in Reedville. Butternut Creek is a single story, wood sided structure with a total of of space. The school served 378 students during the 2019 20 school year and is named after the nearby creek of the same name, a tributary of the Tualatin River. In 2021, the campus went through a major renovation paid for by the 2017 construction bond, adding air conditioning, a new entry plaza, a layout change of the drop off areas, and the construction of a new modular building with two new classrooms.

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 of space. Eastwood opened in 1978 and has a current enrollment of 435 students as of the 2019 20 school year. Renovations, funded by the 2017 bond measure, were carried out in 2019 and 2020, including a new gym, a new modular building containing 4 classrooms for the preschool housed at Eastwood's campus, a new layout of the parking lot and drop off areas, and the addition of heating,

Opened in 1950, Farmington View was a part of its own single school district before unification in 1996. The single story school building, has of space. A 2017 construction bond built a new modular building containing two classrooms and a restroom on the school's campus in 2018, and renovation improvements were carried out in 2021 including to the layout of the drop off area and the addition of air conditioning.

Located in the neighboring city of Cornelius to the west of Hillsboro, Free Orchards is named for the original name of 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 365 as of the 2019 20 school year. The two story building was paid for by a 2006 bond measure.

Originally the only school in the independent Groner School District, the school opened in 1949 and was merged into the Hillsboro district in 1996. In all, the school has of space. Located in the community of Scholls along Oregon Route 210, Groner has 204 students (as of the 2019 20 school year), known as the Grizzlies. In 2015, the district converted Groner to a K 8 school that started with the 2015 2016 school year.

Opened in 1968, the school is located in the central part of Hillsboro, adjoining Turner Creek Park. The school is named for Walter L. Henry, who worked in the district for 38 years as a teacher and principal. As of 2009, the school had repeatedly missed targets for 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.

Imlay Elementary is located in southeastern Hillsboro, near Century High School, at the intersection of Imlay Avenue and Lois Street. The school opened in 2002. The school is named after the Imlay family, who were also the namesake for a former community in the area. As of 2009, the school had 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, who are known as the Eagles. The one story building contains As of 2009, the school had 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. and enrollment is 536 students. The school building is a single story brick structure with of space. As of 2009, the school had 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. The one story building totals of space. As of 2009, the school had 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. 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. As of 2009, the school had 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.

Built for $941,000, the school was named after longtime Hillsboro Argus publisher and editor W. Verne McKinney. The single story structure has of space. As of 2009, the school had 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. The school building is a single story, brick faced structure with of space. As of 2009, the school had 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. The school was named after two teachers, Lester and Margaret Mooberry. As of 2009, the school had repeatedly missed targets of federal academic guidelines and must either offer free tutoring or transfers to students under the No Child Left Behind Act. The original school closed in 1953 when the current school opened, and the old building was demolished in 1960. Students at the 317 student school are known as the Hawks. As of 2009, the school had 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. The community was laid out in 1908 and the first school building was opened in 1909 near 228th and Birch. Orenco's school district was later merged into the West Union School District and the school was torn down after 1976, though the district retained the land. The school has 424 students, who are known as the Orcas. The school building is a two story, brick faced structure with of space. As of 2009, the school had 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. It is named after former Oregon Governor Paul L. Patterson, who also served as city attorney. The school mascot is the panther. As of 2009, the school had 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. with students known as the Coyotes. The beige and silver colored structure was paid for by a 2006 bond measure.

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. Located in the Reedville area, the school and district were merged into the Hillsboro district in 1996. As of 2009, the school had 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. The two story, red brick building was paid for by a 2006 bond measure, and became the first school in the district to reach LEED 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.

Tamarack Elementary School opened in 2023 at a cost of $41.1 million, funded by the 2017 bond measure. It can hold 600 students. The 73,500 square feet (6,828 m² ), two story building was named after the tamarack tree and the Tamarack Park nearby. The mascot is a river otter. The floorplans are similar to Brookwood Elementary and Atfalati Ridge Elementary, which were all constructed or rebuilt during the 2017 bond. Tamarack was the last project to be completed as part of the 2017 bond measure. The , 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. The school was named after Louis C. Tobias, a businessman in the area and namesake of the former community in the area of the school. As of 2009, the school had missed its target for federal academics and was 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 School District 1 was established in 1851 and was the first district in the county. As of 2009, the school had 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. 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 had repeatedly missed targets of federal academic guidelines and must either offer free tutoring or transfers to students under the No Child Left Behind Act. Brown retired in 1975, and the school was renamed in his honor as Brown Junior High. The school became a middle school in 1997. Another expansion about 2007 added eight classrooms along the eastern edge of the school. Butternut Creek, Tobias, Imlay, Indian Hills, Ladd Acres, and Reedville elementary schools feed into Brown.

Located on the northwest edge of the city along Evergreen Road, the school houses 7th and 8th grades, and feeds into Glencoe High School. Free Orchards, Jackson, McKinney, Patterson, Lincoln Street, and North Plains elementary schools feed into Evergreen. As of 2013, the school had 794 students and had a below average performance rating from the state. The school opened in 1981 as Evergreen Junior High with Joe Rodriquez as the first principal. It was the fourth junior high in the then Union High School District, and was expanded the next year to house emotionally handicapped students in the district.

Opened in 1960 as Poynter Junior High School, Elementary schools that feed into the school are Mooberry, Eastwood, Orenco, Lenox, Quatama, and West Union.

Tamarack Elementary, named after the nearby Tamarack Park, is under construction in the Reed's Crossing neighborhood of South Hillsboro. The school will share a similar floor plan to that of Atfalati Ridge and Brookwood, with all three buildings paid for by the 2017 construction bond. The district is additionally planning to construct 3 other elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school in South Hillsboro, pending approval of a future bond measure.