District overview
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Beaverton School District includes Westview High School. Oregon’s State School Fund combines state aid with local revenues through a weighted student formula. A separate voter-approved local option levy supports classroom teachers, while grants and construction bonds have specific purposes. Seven elected board members set policy and adopt the budget; Superintendent Dr. Tony Smith runs district operations. Directors must live in their zone, but voters across the district elect each seat.
The October 2026 planning memo reports 35,351 K–12 students, excluding charters, down from 40,629 in fall 2019. Fewer students reduce funding and change how much school space is needed.
The 2026-27 budget plans about 159 fewer full-time-equivalent positions across all funds. It also adds some special-education staffing and funds a new math curriculum. FTE is a measure of staffing, not a count of people laid off. The adopted table reduces social workers from 48.5 to 37.5 FTE and counselors from 131 to 119.5; school-by-school consequences are not established here.
An October memo cites nearly $168 million in reserves but projects a $42.1 million annual deficit for 2027–28 under its September forecast. Savings cannot cover recurring gaps forever.
Strong & Sustainable Beaverton considers budgets, programs, staffing, attendance boundaries and facilities. The framework says no additional individual school or number of closures is predetermined.
The current planning framework is not a closure list. McKay’s previously approved closure is a separate decision; future structural changes are proposed for board consideration in late 2027 and possible implementation in fall 2028.
The memo reports 40,629 in 2019 and a decline of 5,278 students, or 13%.
Budget resources and requirements include contingency and unappropriated fund balance; this is not actual spending.
Historical district-reported measure; excludes grant funds and is not all-funds expenditure per student.
September 1, 2026 forecast cited in the memo. This is not a budget reduction already adopted.
The district is developing a multiyear budget strategy and a separate longer-term plan for schools, programs, boundaries and facilities. Westview High School is scheduled to host a community-input event on November 18, 2026 at 6 p.m.
District operating revenues and reserves frame the financial work. Individual future projects and changes have not been costed or approved by this framework.
Beaverton School District (Washington and Multnomah counties)
Beaverton voters elect board members for Zones 3, 6 and 7 in May 2027. Board members serve four-year terms and must live in their zone, but all district voters vote on each position. The regular special-district election is May 18. Candidate filings are not yet verified.
Official source · verified Nov 4, 2026
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