The West Linn-Wilsonville School District (3J) is a school district

School district

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 that serves part of the southern metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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. In addition to the cities of West Linn

West Linn, Oregon

West Linn is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. Now a prosperous southern suburb of Portland, West Linn has a history of early development, prompted by the opportunity to harvest energy from nearby Willamette Falls. It was named after Senator Dr. Lewis Fields Linn of Ste...

 and Wilsonville

Wilsonville, Oregon

Wilsonville is a city primarily in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A portion of the northern section of the city is in Washington County. Originally founded as Boones Landing due to the Boones Ferry which crossed the Willamette River at the location, the community became Wilsonville in...

, the district's boundaries encompass unincorporated areas of southwestern Clackamas County

Clackamas County, Oregon

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, including the hamlet

Hamlet (Oregon)

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 of Stafford

Stafford, Oregon

Stafford is an unincorporated community, classified as a hamlet, of approximately 2,200 residents in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. The community consists of approximately , located in a rough triangle south of Lake Oswego, east of Tualatin, and west of West Linn...

. A small portion of the city of Tualatin

Tualatin, Oregon

Tualatin is a city located primarily in Washington County in the U.S. state of Oregon. A small portion of the city is also located in neighboring Clackamas County. It is a southwestern suburb in the Portland Metropolitan Area that is located south of Tigard...

 is also within the district's boundaries.

The superintendent is Roger Woehl. As of December 31, 2007, there were 8,322 students enrolled at schools in the district.

Demographics

In the 2009 school year, the district had 40 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education

Oregon Department of Education

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, or 0.5% of students in the district.

Schools

The district has seven primary

Elementary school

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, three middle

Middle school

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, three high school

High school

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s, and one charter school

Charter school

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s.

Primary schools (grades K-5)

• Boeckman Creek
• Bolton
• Boones Ferry
• Cedaroak Park
• Stafford
• Sunset
• Willamette

High schools (grades 9-12)

• Arts and Technology High School
  Arts and Technology High School
  Arts and Technology High School, known as ATHS or ArtTech, is a public charter high school in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. Part of the West Linn-Wilsonville School District, the school opened in 2005.-Academics:...
  
  
• West Linn High School
  West Linn High School
  West Linn High School is a public high school in West Linn, Oregon, United States. It is one of two high schools in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District, the other being Wilsonville High School.-Academics:...
  
  
• Wilsonville High School
  Wilsonville High School
  Wilsonville High School is a public high school in Wilsonville, Oregon. Wilsonville opened in 1995 and doubled in capacity in 2005. In 2007, the school was ranked as the 526th best high school in the United States by Newsweek.-Academics:...