West Linn-Wilsonville School District

West Linn-Wilsonville School District
Address
22210 SW Stafford Road Stafford , Oregon, 97062 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	K-12
Established	1933
Superintendent	Kathy Ludwig
Schools	18
Students and staff
Students	9,206 (2020–21)[1]
Faculty	544
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]

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.

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.

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]

*Opening in 2026^[14][15]

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

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