West Linn-Wilsonville School District

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West Linn-Wilsonville School District
West Linn-Wilsonville School District logo.jpg
Address
22210 SW Stafford Road
, Oregon , 97062
United States
District information
Type Public
GradesK-12
Established1933
SuperintendentKathy Ludwig
Schools18
Students and staff
Students9,206 (2020–21) [1]
Faculty544
Other information
Website www.wlwv.k12.or.us

West Linn-Wilsonville School District (WLWVSD 3J) is a school district in the Portland metropolitan area on the western edge of Clackamas County. The district spans roughly 42 miles, [2] entirely covering the cities of West Linn and Wilsonville, a small portion of Tualatin, and the community of Stafford, along the Willamette River. [3]

Contents

As of 2025, the district has roughly 9,000 students across 16 schools educating pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, with a new K-5 school under construction. [4] This includes ten primary schools (K-5), four middle schools (6-8), and two high schools (9-12). The district also operates two charter schools; a high school and a K-8 school.

History

The district formed in 1933 as a consolidation of three school districts called West Linn Union School District. [5] This included Stafford School, Bolton School, and Willamette School, which still exist today (though in different buildings), and West Linn Union High School, which was renamed to West Linn High School in 1938. Wilsonville was also consolidated into the district, which at the time only had one K-8 school, Wilsonville Primary School. At the time, the city was unincorporated with only a few hundred residents. High schoolers had to take a bus to West Linn. [6] [7]

When the city was incorporated in the 1968, Wilsonville began seeing significant growth. Wilsonville Primary School began to see overcrowding, and so Inza R. Wood Middle School opened in the 1980's. High school students still required to take a bus to West Linn, and residents were begging for the district to open a dedicated high school in the city. Wilsonville High School finally opened in 1995. Since then, two new primary schools and a middle school have opened, and Wilsonville Primary School closed upon the opening of Boones Ferry Primary School. [8] [9]

In 2025, the district phased out the middle school choice zones. Previously, fifth grade students at some Primary Schools in West Linn had a choice between Athey Creek Middle School and Rosemont Ridge Middle School. This created problems, as multiple school buses had to be sent to the same area, increasing costs. [10] The only choice zone remaining is a choice zone between Boeckman Creek and Stafford, which will eventually become the boundary for a new primary school.

Demographics

In the 2024-25 school year, out of 9,094 students, 30% are of a minority of some type and 11.3% are on free or reduced lunch, and 53% are male and 47% are female.

White students are the majority, making up 70.3% of the district. Behind that, 14.2% are Hispanic, 4.4% are Asian/Pacific Islander, 1% are black or African American, 0.2% are Native American, and 9.2% are of two or more races. [11]

Schools

District headquarters at former Stafford Primary West Linn-Wilsonville School District HQ.JPG
District headquarters at former Stafford Primary

Primary Schools (K-5)

NameOpenedEnrollment [12] MascotLocationFeeder to [13]
Boeckman Creek1990488BobcatWilsonvilleMeridian Creek
Bolton1892222BeeWest LinnAthey Creek
Boones Ferry2001427DragonflyWilsonvilleInza Wood
Cedaroak Park1958348SquirrelWest LinnRosemont Ridge
Frog Pond*2026N/AFrogWilsonvilleMeridian Creek
Lowrie2012482WolfWilsonvilleInza Wood
Stafford1896323TigerStaffordAthey or Meridian
Sunset1941375EagleWest LinnRosemont Ridge
Trillium Creek2012480OwlWest LinnRosemont Ridge
Willamette1896384DinosaurWest LinnAthey Creek

*Opening in 2026 [14] [15]

Middle Schools (6-8)

NameOpenedEnrollment [12] MascotLocationFeeder to
Athey Creek1991470CougarWest Linn West Linn
Inza R. Wood1965441WolverineWilsonville Wilsonville
Meridian Creek2017368MustangWilsonville Wilsonville
Rosemont Ridge1994699CoyoteWest Linn West Linn

High Schools (9-12)

NameOpenedEnrollmentMascotLocationFeeder schools
Riverside 2023160RaptorStaffordN/A
West Linn 19191,809LionWest LinnAthey Creek and Rosemont Ridge
Wilsonville 19951,258WildcatWilsonvilleInza Wood and Meridian Creek

School Board

There are five school board members, each serving four-year terms. [16]

ZoneNameTerm Ends
1Mike Selvaggio2029
2Maegan Vidal (vice chair)2027
3Kirsten Wyatt2029
4Dan Schumaker2027
5Kelly Sloop (chair)2029

Curriculum

References

  1. "School & District Enrollment Counts".
  2. "About West Linn - Wilsonville / About the District". www.wlwv.k12.or.us. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". apps.flo-analytics.com. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  4. "Primary School At Frog Pond / Project Info". www.wlwv.k12.or.us. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  5. "WLWVSD LRFP" (PDF).
  6. "History / History Home". www.wlwv.k12.or.us. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  7. "The Three R's: History of education in West Linn" (PDF).
  8. Farrell, Jim (January 12, 2017). "Elementary history: WL-WV boundaries". Westlinntidings.com. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  9. "History / History Home". www.wlwv.k12.or.us. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  10. "Registration Information / School Boundaries". www.wlwv.k12.or.us. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  11. "West Linn-Wilsonville School District 3J".
  12. 1 2 "About West Linn - Wilsonville / Enrollment". www.wlwv.k12.or.us. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  13. "Registration Information / Middle School Boundary FAQs". www.wlwv.k12.or.us. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  14. "Primary School At Frog Pond / Project Info". www.wlwv.k12.or.us. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  15. "Primary School At Frog Pond / Project Updates". www.wlwv.k12.or.us. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  16. "School Board". West Linn-Wilsonville School District. Retrieved July 15, 2025.