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The Corvallis School District (509J) is a school district serving an area of about 190 square miles including the city of Corvallis, Oregon, and Adair Village along with large portions of unincorporated Benton County.[1] As of 2016, the district had about 6,600 students at two high schools, two middle schools, eight elementary schools, one charter school, and one alternative school.[2] The two high schools in the district are Corvallis High School and Crescent Valley High School.

History

In 1850 the first school was established in Marysville (renamed Corvallis in 1853).[3] Teacher of the school was A.G. Hovey.[3]

Demographics

In the 2009 school year, the district had 268 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 4.0% of students in the district.[4]

Schools

Elementary

  • Adams Elementary School
  • Bessie Coleman Elementary School (Hoover/Husky Elementary School formerly)
  • Franklin School (K-8)
  • Garfield Elementary School
  • Kathryn Jones Harrison Elementary School (Jefferson/Jaguar Elementary School formerly)
  • Letitia Carson Elementary School (Wilson/Wildcat Elementary School formerly)
  • Lincoln Elementary School
  • Mountain View Elementary School

Middle

  • Cheldelin Middle School
  • Linus Pauling Middle School
  • Franklin School (K-8)

High

Corvallis High School

Charter Schools

  • Muddy Creek Charter School

Other

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Rynerson, West, Siu, Charles, David, Vivian. "Portland State University PDXScholar".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "October 1 Enrollment Summary: 2007-2008". Oregon Department of Education. Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2008.
  3. 1 2 David D. Fagan, History of Benton County, Oregon; Including its Geology, Topography, Soil and Productions... Portland, OR: A.G. Walling, 1885; pg. 333.
  4. ↑ "Count of homeless students in Oregon school districts, 2008-2009" (PDF). The Oregonian. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2009.


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