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Tigard-Tualatin School District
District details
School board members: 5
Students: 11,593 (2023-2024)
Schools: 19 (2023-2024)
Website: Link

Tigard-Tualatin School District is a school district in Oregon (Clackamas and Washington counties). During the 2024 school year, 11,593 students attended one of the district's 19 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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• 2017
• 2015

Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 1

General election

General election for Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 1

Incumbent Sharon Fox won election in the general election for Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 1 on May 16, 2017.

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Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 3

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General election for Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 3

Incumbent Karen Emerson won election in the general election for Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 3 on May 16, 2017.

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Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 5

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Incumbent Maureen Wolf won election in the general election for Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 5 on May 16, 2017.

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Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 2

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Incumbent Terri Burnette won election in the general election for Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 2 on May 19, 2015.

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Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 4

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General election for Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 4

Incumbent Jill Zurschmeide won election in the general election for Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J school board Position 4 on May 19, 2015.

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Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Oregon are held on the Third Tuesday in May every two years in odd-numbered years.

See law: Oregon Statutes Chapters 255 and 332

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

• Filing deadline date: March 18, 2027
• General election date: May 18, 2027

Election system

School board members in Oregon are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

See law: Oregon Statutes Section 255.335

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Oregon are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Statute governing nonpartisan elections governs the election procedures for school district board member elections and prohibits the inclusion of any information or designations on the ballot other than the names of the candidates.

See law: Oregon Statutes Section 255.335

Winning an election

The school board candidates that receive the largest number of votes in the nonpartisan general election are elected to office.

See law: Oregon Statutes Section 332.124

Term length and staggering

School board members in Oregon have four-year terms.

See law: Oregon Statutes Section 332.018

Oregon Statute states that each district must hold a school board election every two years to elect board members to four-year terms. Most districts elect as close to half of their board members as possible every two years.

See law: Oregon Statute Section 255.335

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School board members in Oregon are elected by voters at large, by voters from zones (sub-districts), or through a combination of the two. Nominating petitions for school board candidates can also contain signatures from the district at large, from voters within sub-districts, or through a combination of the two. School board seats can be nominated from zones but elected at large. School board members are nominated and elected according to position numbers for both at-large seats and by-sub-district seats. School board members are elected at large by default. Zones (sub-districts) for nominating petitions can be established through school board resolution or petition and voter approval processes. Once sub-districts for nominating petitions are established, the school board can also vote to establish that positions nominated by voters from sub-districts must also be elected by voters from those sub-districts.

See law: Oregon Statutes Chapter 332

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

The deadline for school board candidates to file nominating petitions and declarations of candidacy is 61 days before the May general election in odd-numbered years. This means the school board candidate filing deadline is in mid-March in odd-numbered years. The filing window is 40 days long.

See law: Oregon Statutes Section 255.235 

School board candidates cannot file nominating petitions and declarations of candidacy until 40 days before the filing deadline. The filing deadline is 61 days before the May general election, which means the window for candidates to file opens 101 days before the May general election in early February in odd-numbered years.

See law: Oregon Statutes Section 255.235

The term of school board members officially expires on June 30 following the election of their replacements, which means the term of newly elected school board members officially begins on July 1 following their election to office.

See law: Oregon Statutes Section 332.138

 

About the district

School board

The Tigard-Tualatin School District consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Kristen Miles	Position 2	2023	2027
Crystal Weston	Position 5	2023	2027
Jill Zurschmeide	Position 4	2007	2027
Tristan Irvin	Position 3	2021	2025
David Jaimes	Position 1	2021	2025

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Overlapping state house districts

Tigard-Tualatin School District

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Oregon House of Representatives District 25	Ben Bowman	Democratic Party	46%	76%
Oregon House of Representatives District 37	Jules Walters	Democratic Party	31%	16%
Oregon House of Representatives District 26	Sue Rieke Smith	Democratic Party	18%	7%
Oregon House of Representatives District 36	Hai Pham	Democratic Party	5%	1%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$16,479,000	$1,401	8%
Local:	$110,107,000	$9,360	51%
State:	$89,235,000	$7,585	41%
Total:	$215,821,000	$18,346

Expenditures, 2021-2022

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$251,540,000	$21,382
Total Current Expenditures:	$188,478,000	$16,021
Instructional Expenditures:	$114,749,000	$9,754	46%
Student and Staff Support:	$24,928,000	$2,119	10%
Administration:	$24,635,000	$2,094	10%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$24,166,000	$2,054	10%
Total Capital Outlay:	$43,438,000	$3,692
Construction:	$40,162,000	$3,413
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$1,106,000	$94
Interest on Debt:	$16,625,000	$1,413

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	35	40	25-29	16	<50	42	45
2020-2021	47	60-79	PS	40-49	PS	40-59	45-49
2018-2019	50	57	30-34	28	21-39	58	59
2017-2018	51	60	30-34	27	30-39	61	61
2016-2017	52	62	25-29	27	21-39	57	62
2015-2016	52	63	30-34	27	40-59	57	61
2014-2015	54	62	30-34	30	40-59	62	63
2013-2014	68	72	50-54	44	50-59	74	77
2012-2013	68	73	65-69	43	60-69	71	76
2011-2012	70	75	60-64	45	50-59	73	78
2010-2011	71	76	55-59	48	50-59	75-79	79

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	49	47	40-44	29	<50	58	60
2020-2021	65	60-79	PS	30-39	PS	60-79	70-74
2018-2019	62	64	50-54	41	60-79	69	71
2017-2018	65	70	55-59	43	50-59	72	74
2016-2017	64	69	40-44	42	60-79	71	73
2015-2016	66	71	50-54	44	60-79	70	75
2014-2015	66	69	50-54	43	40-59	72	74
2013-2014	77	77	65-69	56	70-79	80	85
2012-2013	79	77	70-74	59	60-69	82	86
2011-2012	79	80	70-74	57	70-79	84	87
2010-2011	86	87	80-84	71	80-89	90-94	92

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2021-2022	88	85-89	60-79	80-84	>=50	90-94	90
2020-2021	88	90-94	>=50	80-84	PS	90-94	90
2019-2020	86	85-89	>=80	75-79	PS	80-84	90
2018-2019	88	>=95	>=80	80-84	PS	90-94	89
2017-2018	87	85-89	60-79	80-84	PS	80-89	90
2016-2017	84	80-84	60-79	75-79	PS	80-89	87
2015-2016	84	90-94	>=80	70-74	PS	70-79	88
2014-2015	83	85-89	70-79	70-74	>=50	>=90	87
2013-2014	85	90-94	>=80	75-79	PS	70-79	88
2012-2013	84	85-89	60-79	70-74	>=50	>=80	87
2011-2012	81	80-84	60-79	65-69	>=50	>=80	85
2010-2011	82	90-94	60-79	60-64	>=50	>=80	87

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	11,593	-0.5
2022-2023	11,656	-0.9
2021-2022	11,764	-0.8
2020-2021	11,860	-6.5
2019-2020	12,625	-0.7
2018-2019	12,710	-1.4
2017-2018	12,894	0.6
2016-2017	12,812	0.1
2015-2016	12,799	0.8
2014-2015	12,692	-0.4
2013-2014	12,737	0.6
2012-2013	12,661	-1.5
2011-2012	12,853	1.2
2010-2011	12,701	0.0
2009-2010	12,701	-0.6
2008-2009	12,778	0.3
2007-2008	12,745	1.6
2006-2007	12,544	5.0
2005-2006	11,920	-2.3
2004-2005	12,194	2.3
2003-2004	11,909	-0.6
2002-2003	11,981	1.8
2001-2002	11,765	2.2
2000-2001	11,505	1.3
1999-2000	11,353	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024

RACE	Tigard-Tualatin School District (%)	Oregon K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.3	1.1
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	5.2	4.1
Black	2.4	2.4
Hispanic	29.7	25.7
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	2.6	0.9
Two or More Races	9.4	7.3
White	49.7	58.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Tigard-Tualatin School District had 673.90 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 17.2.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	6.00
Kindergarten:	51.81
Elementary:	410.05
Secondary:	206.04
Total:	673.90

Tigard-Tualatin School District employed 5.00 district administrators and 38.45 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	5.00
District Administrative Support:	70.26
School Administrators:	38.45
School Administrative Support:	98.61

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	203.19
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	13.38
Total Guidance Counselors:	27.43
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00
Library/Media Support:	7.79
Student Support Services:	87.42
Other Support Services:	238.85

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Tigard-Tualatin School District operates 19 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Alberta Rider Elementary School	387	KG-5
Art Rutkin Elementary School	109	PK-5
Bridgeport Elementary School	482	KG-5
Charles F Tigard Elementary School	453	KG-5
Creekside Community High School	173	6-12
Deer Creek Elementary School	539	KG-5
Durham Elementary School	552	PK-5
Edward Byrom Elementary School	404	PK-5
Hazelbrook Middle School	831	6-8
James Templeton Elementary School	543	PK-5
Mary Woodward Elementary School	451	KG-5
Metzger Elementary School	545	PK-5
Multi-Sensory Instruction Teaching Children Hands-On (Mitch)	240	KG-5
Thomas R Fowler Middle School	743	6-8
Tigard High School	1,782	9-12
Tigard-Tualatin Virtual Academy	123	KG-12
Tualatin Elementary School	412	PK-5
Tualatin High School	1,756	9-12
Twality Middle School	977	6-8

School board meetings

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