West Linn-Wilsonville School District

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]

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

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	488	Bobcat	Wilsonville	Meridian Creek
Bolton	1892	222	Bee	West Linn	Athey Creek
Boones Ferry	2001	427	Dragonfly	Wilsonville	Inza Wood
Cedaroak Park	1958	348	Squirrel	West Linn	Rosemont Ridge
Frog Pond*	2026	N/A	Frog	Wilsonville	Meridian Creek
Lowrie	2012	482	Wolf	Wilsonville	Inza Wood
Stafford	1896	323	Tiger	Stafford	Athey or Meridian
Sunset	1941	375	Eagle	West Linn	Rosemont Ridge
Trillium Creek	2012	480	Owl	West Linn	Rosemont Ridge
Willamette	1896	384	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	470	Cougar	West Linn	West Linn
Inza R. Wood	1965	441	Wolverine	Wilsonville	Wilsonville
Meridian Creek	2017	368	Mustang	Wilsonville	Wilsonville
Rosemont Ridge	1994	699	Coyote	West Linn	West Linn

High Schools (9-12)

Name	Opened	Enrollment	Mascot	Location	Feeder schools
Riverside	2023	160	Raptor	Stafford	N/A
West Linn	1919	1,809	Lion	West Linn	Athey Creek and Rosemont Ridge
Wilsonville	1995	1,258	Wildcat	Wilsonville	Inza Wood and Meridian Creek

School Board

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

Zone	Name	Term Ends
1	Mike Selvaggio	2029
2	Maegan Vidal (vice chair)	2027
3	Kirsten Wyatt	2029
4	Dan Schumaker	2027
5	Kelly Sloop (chair)	2029

Curriculum