Corvallis School District

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 are Corvallis High School and Crescent Valley High School.

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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
  • Franklin School (K-8)
  • Garfield
  • Husky
  • Jaguar
  • Lincoln
  • Mountain View
  • Wildcat

Middle
  • Cheldelin Middle School
  • Linus Pauling
  • Franklin

High
Corvallis High School

Charter Schools
  • Muddy Creek Charter School

Other

Footnotes
  1. Rynerson, West, Siu, Charles, David, Vivian. "Portland State University PDXScholar".CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "October 1 Enrollment Summary: 2007-2008". Oregon Department of Education. Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
  3. 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 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2009-09-18.


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