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Forest Grove School District 15

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Forest Grove School District 15 is located in northwest Oregon. Forest Grove School District 15 has 189.84 square miles of land area and 1.65 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Forest Grove School District 15 population is 34,942. Forest Grove School District 15 median household income is $50,681 in 2010-2014. Forest Grove School District 15 median house value is $223,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Forest Grove School District 15 is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (8 out of 176, top 5%) Elementary/Middle School: (143 out of 177, bottom 19%)* Rank: #99
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	10
Population	34,942 (2010-2014), rank #28
Population Growth	5.44% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	182.48/sq mi, rank #34
Median Household Income:	$50,681 at 2010-2014—4.14% increase since 2005-2009, rank #62
Median House Price:	$223,800 at 2010-2014—0.99% increase since 2005-2009, rank #61
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	189.84 sq mi, rank #120
Water Area:	1.65 sq mi (0.86%), rank #86
State:	Oregon
County:	Washington County
City:	Gales Creek, Forest Grove, Gaston, Cornelius
Zip:	97117, 97116, 97119, 97113
Area:	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

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Forest Grove School District 15 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1728 Main St

Forest Grove OR, 97116, Washington County

Phone: 503-357-6171

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	6,027	6,054	6,122	6,226	6,231	6,166	6,187
English Language Learner Students:	1,114	1,121	1,398	1,284	1,492	1,450	1,586
Total Teachers:	223.83	228.69	245.05	296.61	299.71	324.00	314.30
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	14.62	14.70	15.12	18.05	18.75	18.30	19.60
Elementary:	145.52	150.67	159.87	191.98	190.41	208.70	201.10
Secondary:	63.69	63.32	70.06	86.58	90.55	97.00	93.60
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.00
Total Other Staff:	277.73	260.43	275.42	320.52	300.96	298.90	276.40
Instructional Aides:	130.57	126.87	134.13	155.99	145.21	156.40	150.30
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.60	0.60	0.60	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	11.80	11.05	12.75	15.80	16.75	15.30	14.30
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	11.80	11.05	12.75	15.80	16.75	15.30	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	4.17	3.00	3.00	10.75	10.75	10.70	11.00
District Administrators:	4.40	4.52	4.40	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	19.86	17.39	19.06	19.00	19.87	16.30	16.10
School Administrators:	15.50	15.50	15.50	14.91	14.50	17.50	17.00
School Administrative Support:	29.26	27.33	27.04	32.73	31.55	35.00	29.20
Student Support Services:	21.55	18.31	17.00	19.10	17.98	15.40	14.50
Other Support Services:	40.02	35.86	41.94	44.24	36.35	23.30	17.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	26.93	26.47	24.98	20.99	20.79	19.03	19.69

Schools

Cornelius Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	200 North 14th Ave, Cornelius OR 97113
Dilley Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	4115 Sw Dilley Rd, Forest Grove OR 97116
Echo Shaw Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	914 South Linden St, Cornelius OR 97113
Fern Hill Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	4445 Heather St, Forest Grove OR 97116
Forest Grove Community School	Grade 1 to Grade 8	1914 Pacific Ave, Forest Grove OR 97116
Forest Grove High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1401 Nichols Ln, Forest Grove OR 97116
Harvey Clarke Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	2516 North B St, Forest Grove OR 97116
Joseph Gale Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	3130 18th Ave, Forest Grove OR 97116
Neil Armstrong Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	1777 Mt View Ln, Forest Grove OR 97116
Tom Mccall Upper Elementary	Grade 5 to Grade 6	1341 Pacific Ave, Forest Grove OR 97116

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
OAKS Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	32.6%	43.2%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	52.4%	46.6%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	66%	45%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	75.3%	55%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	74.1%	52%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	80.9%	54%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	75.4%	53.6%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85.4%	68%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	84.8%	66%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	83.2%	69%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63.1%	50.5%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	62.9%	53.5%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.3%	55%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.5%	66%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.5%	65%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.7%	66%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.9%	66.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.1%	83%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.1%	84%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.1%	85%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	54%	59.1%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	60.7%	60.5%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	60.3%	62%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	57.6%	57%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	56.7%	58%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	63.3%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	92.9%	70%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	57.8%	64%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	58.4%	63%
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	51.8%	48%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	51.7%	54.4%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	50.7%	55%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	61.2%	55%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	59.2%	N/A
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	51.6%	55%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	56.2%	53.1%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	68.5%	68%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	74%	67%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	63.7%	60%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	81.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	86.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	86%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.6%	70%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	77%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.6%	77%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.6%	76.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.4%	63%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.6%	64%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53.6%	61%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.4%	83%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	85.5%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	87%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.2%	83%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	84%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.6%	83%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.8%	82.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	83%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	70%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.6%	66%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	88%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	72%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	77%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.9%	77%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.4%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.3%	65%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.3%	66%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.2%	64%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	87%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	80%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	83%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.3%	84%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.5%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	85%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.5%	74%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	73%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	15.2%	32.4%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	31.5%	42%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.1%	45%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40%	43%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	78.9%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	84%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	85%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	68%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.3%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	77%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	76.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46%	58%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	60%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.8%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	76.8%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	81.4%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	83%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	72%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	75%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	76%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	76.3%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	78%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.6%	69%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	68%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53.4%	69.9%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52.2%	75%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	79%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43.9%	75%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	75%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	74.4%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43.9%	74%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	38.3%	69%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37.1%	67%
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	17.4%	33.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.8%	77%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.5%	71%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.7%	70%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.5%	73%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	72.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.1%	59%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.4%	59%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.1%	59%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	80%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	75%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.8%	73%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	77%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.6%	76.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	79%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58%	65%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.8%	63%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.9%	71%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65%	74%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	74%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.9%	78%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	77.8%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.2%	61%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.4%	63%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.3%	61%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	73%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.3%	77%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.4%	74%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.1%	77%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	77.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	80%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.2%	75%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.8%	73%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	34.2%	39.4%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	39.3%	45%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	43%	48%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	39.5%	50%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	34%	59.8%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.1%	63.5%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.4%	66%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	70%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.3%	69%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61%	71%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	70.6%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64%	65%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	65%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.8%	63%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.4%	60%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	62.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.5%	66%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.7%	69%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	65%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	70%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.4%	69.5%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.8%	72%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	68%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.0%	67%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.5%	59%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	65.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.6%	68%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	69%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.7%	72%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.1%	70.8%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	71%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.3%	66%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.9%	66%
2004	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	32.9%	37.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$64,040,000	$10,461		$65,825,000	$10,573		$66,097,000	$10,608
Federal:	$6,450,000	$1,054	10.1%	$8,809,000	$1,415	13.4%	$9,251,000	$1,485	14.0%
State:	$38,846,000	$6,345	60.7%	$37,608,000	$6,040	57.1%	$37,804,000	$6,067	57.2%
Local:	$18,744,000	$3,062	29.3%	$19,408,000	$3,117	29.5%	$19,042,000	$3,056	28.8%
Total Expenditures:	$89,832,000	$14,674		$67,231,000	$10,798		$63,304,000	$10,160
Total Current Expenditures:	$55,564,000	$9,076		$57,832,000	$9,289		$57,954,000	$9,301
Instructional Expenditures:	$35,043,000	$5,724	63.1%	$35,392,000	$5,685	61.2%	$35,705,000	$5,730	61.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$5,795,000	$947	10.4%	$7,004,000	$1,125	12.1%	$6,472,000	$1,039	11.2%
Administration:	$6,288,000	$1,027	11.3%	$6,319,000	$1,015	10.9%	$6,358,000	$1,020	11.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$8,438,000	$1,378	15.2%	$9,117,000	$1,464	15.8%	$9,419,000	$1,512	16.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$28,247,000	$4,614		$4,835,000	$777		$391,000	$63
Construction:	$28,240,000	$4,613		$4,661,000	$749		$25,000	$4
Total Other:	$84,000	$14		$89,000	$14		$27,000	$4
Interest on Debt:	$4,750,000	$776		$3,360,000	$540		$3,596,000	$577

Total Salary:	$29,299,000	$4,786		$32,253,000	$5,180		$31,647,000	$5,079
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$21,563,000	$3,522	73.6%	$23,881,000	$3,836	74.0%	$23,578,000	$3,784	74.5%
Other Salary:	$7,736,000	$1,264	26.4%	$8,372,000	$1,345	26.0%	$8,069,000	$1,295	25.5%
Total Benefit:	$15,047,000	$2,458		$13,002,000	$2,088		$12,946,000	$2,078
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$11,316,000	$1,848	75.2%	$9,877,000	$1,586	76.0%	$9,861,000	$1,583	76.2%
Other Benefit:	$3,731,000	$609	24.8%	$3,125,000	$502	24.0%	$3,085,000	$495	23.8%

* Forest Grove School District 15 was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.