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]

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

Primary Schools (K-5)

Name Opened Enrollment[12] Mascot Location Feeder to[13]
Boeckman Creek 1990 470 Bobcat Wilsonville Meridian Creek
Bolton 1892 226 Bee West Linn Athey Creek
Boones Ferry 2001 477 Dragonfly Wilsonville Inza Wood
Cedaroak Park 1958 33 Squirrel West Linn Rosemont Ridge
Frog Pond* 2026 N/A Frog Wilsonville Meridian Creek
Lowrie 2012 458 Wolf Wilsonville Inza Wood
Stafford 1896 345 Tiger Stafford Athey or Meridian
Sunset 1941 376 Eagle West Linn Rosemont Ridge
Trillium Creek 2012 487 Owl West Linn Rosemont Ridge
Willamette 1896 385 Dinosaur West Linn Athey Creek

*Opening in 2026[14][15]

Middle Schools (6-8)

Name Opened Enrollment[12] Mascot Location Feeder to
Athey Creek 1991 509 Cougar West Linn West Linn
Meridian Creek 2017 397 Mustang Wilsonville Wilsonville
Inza R. Wood 1965 479 Wolverine Wilsonville Wilsonville
Rosemont Ridge 1994 737 Coyote West Linn West Linn

High Schools (9-12)

Name Opened Enrollment Mascot Location Feeder schools
Riverside 2023 112 Raptor Stafford N/A
West Linn 1919 1,858 Lion West Linn Athey Creek and Rosemont Ridge
Wilsonville 1995 1,212 Wildcat Wilsonville Meridian Creek and Inza Wood

School Board

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

Zone Name Term Ends
1 Louis Taylor (chair) 2025
2 Maegan Vidal 2027
3 Kirsten Wyatt (vice chair) 2025
4 Dan Schumaker 2027
5 Kelly Sloop 2025

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. ^ a b "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 29, 2023.
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