International School of Beaverton

International School of Beaverton
Address
17770 SW Blanton Street Aloha, Oregon, Washington County 97007 United States
Coordinates	45°29′25″N 122°51′39″W / 45.490278°N 122.860833°W / 45.490278; -122.860833Coordinates: 45°29′25″N 122°51′39″W / 45.490278°N 122.860833°W / 45.490278; -122.860833
Information
Type	Public secondary
Established	2006
School district	Beaverton School District
Principal	Jill O'Neill
Grades	6-12
Number of students	831 (2011-2012) 350 High School 481 Middle School
Color(s)	Red and Black
Mascot	Dragon
Website	www.beaverton.k12.or.us/isb

The International School of Beaverton (ISB) is a middle school/high school in the Beaverton School District. It is the only school in the district to offer both the IB Middle Years Programme and IB Diploma Programme courses. It serves sixth through twelfth grade. However, when the school was first opened in 2006, it only served sixth grade through ninth grade. In 2012, the US News ranked the school as the best public high school in Oregon as well as 20th in the nation. The current principal is Jill O'Neill.^[1]

Academics

The school offers various standard courses in the areas of English (aka. Writing, or Literature), Math (such as Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Calculus, Trigonometry, et cetera), Science, (such as Biology or Chemistry), Social or Global Studies (with areas such as World History, US History, and Humanities), Physical Education and Health, as well as electives such as "Band", "Art", or "Choir". ISB also offers language courses, which included Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese. These courses extend beyond the United States standard of four consecutive years of study, and go into two additional years of International Baccalaureate curriculum.

Students in sixth grade are placed in standard level classes, but they have the option to choose whether to take the Band elective for the whole of their year, or to take Choir and Art each for a semester. Sixth grade students will also have the opportunity to try out each language course for a trimester before deciding which language they wish to take for the rest of their schooling. Forecasting is done at the end of each year, to see which language and elective courses students wish to take for seventh grade.

Demographics

For the 2014-2015 school year, there were 480 students enrolled in the middle school and 389 in the high school. In the middle school, 0.2% of students were Native American, 27.2% Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.6% Black, 12.9% Hispanic, 48.7% White, and 9.1% other. In the high school, 0% of students were Native American, 23.9% Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.5% Black, 18.7% Hispanic, 41.3% White, and 14.3% other.^[2][3]

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