Beaverton School District Decoded: Sunset, Westview, Mountainside, Beaverton, Aloha & Southridge for Tech-Family Relocations (2026)

If you’re relocating to Beaverton with school-age kids — whether you’re an Intel engineer transferring from Hillsboro, a Nike marketing manager moving up from the Bay Area, or a Tektronix lifer eyeing a bigger lot — the single biggest decision you’ll make isn’t which neighborhood to land in. It’s which of the six Beaverton School District comprehensive high schools your kids will feed into. BSD is the third-largest district in Oregon (~38,500 students, K-12) and the school zone you draw quietly determines your commute, your weekend driving radius, your home value floor, and how easy your move-in week actually is.

As Beaverton’s local moving company, we’ve helped hundreds of families thread this needle in 2024 and 2025. We’ve also moved couches up the narrow stairwells of 1950s Beaverton ranch homes off Allen Boulevard, navigated 16-foot shuttle trucks through Bethany cul-de-sacs, and learned exactly which Cooper Mountain driveways need the long-ramp and which Sexton Mountain HOAs require 48-hour move-day notice. This guide walks through all six BSD comprehensive high schools — Sunset, Westview, Mountainside, Beaverton, Aloha, and Southridge — through the lens of a relocating tech family: what each school is known for, the neighborhoods that feed it, the home-price floor in each zone, and the move-day quirks our crews flag for every single move.

Why the High-School Zone Matters More Than the Neighborhood Name

Beaverton uses neighborhood-school assignments with attendance area boundaries that shift every few years as the district rebalances enrollment. Two homes a quarter-mile apart can feed into completely different high schools — and the price floor between zones can swing $150K. The “Beaverton” zip code 97005, 97006, 97007, 97008 covers all six high schools, so the address alone tells you nothing. Before you write an offer, look up the home on the BSD school locator. Then, when you call Cal’s Moving for your free quote, mention the cross streets — we’ll tell you what the move-day access looks like for that specific corner of the district.

The Six Comprehensive High Schools at a Glance

Sunset High School (Cedar Mill / Cedar Hills / West Bethany corridor, opened 1959) is the prestige flagship of the west side. Roughly 2,100 students, 8–10 GreatSchools rating, deep AP roster (24+ courses), nationally ranked debate and DECA programs, and a feeder pipeline that lands graduates at OSU, UO, UW, Stanford, and the Cal-system schools every spring. Sunset’s zone covers Cedar Mill, Cedar Hills, Oak Hills, parts of West Bethany, and the corridor east of NW 185th Avenue. Home prices in the Sunset zone start around $625K for a 1960s ranch and climb past $1.1M for a Bonny Slope or West Hills view lot.

Westview High School (North Bethany / Sorrento / NW 185th-and-up corridor, opened 1993) is the academic powerhouse most families argue head-to-head with Sunset. Around 2,500 students, IB Diploma Program (one of only a handful in the metro that runs the full IB), 9–10 GreatSchools rating across the board, and the highest concentration of Intel D1X and Genentech parent commuters in the district. Westview’s attendance area pulls from Bethany, Sorrento, the new builds along NW Springville and West Union, and most homes north of NW Cornell Road. Price floor is $675K for a 2000s tract home in Bethany; $850K–$1.4M in the newer North Bethany subdivisions.

Mountainside High School (Cooper Mountain / South Beaverton / Scholls Ferry corridor, opened 2017) is BSD’s newest comprehensive high school and the relocation darling of the last five years. Around 1,900 students, modern campus, strong STEM and engineering programs, 8–9 GreatSchools rating, and a significant population of families who moved here specifically because Cooper Mountain finally got its own high school instead of busing kids 25 minutes to Beaverton or Aloha. Mountainside’s zone covers Cooper Mountain, Murray Hill, parts of South Beaverton, the Progress Ridge cluster, and pockets of Scholls Ferry south of SW Barrows Road. Price floor is $625K for a Murray Hill 1990s build; $850K–$1.2M for a Cooper Mountain new construction with a view.

Beaverton High School (Downtown / Central Beaverton / Allen Boulevard corridor, opened 1916 — the original) is the historic anchor with the most diverse student body in the district. Around 1,800 students, 6–7 GreatSchools rating, strong CTE programs (automotive, construction, culinary), award-winning marching band, dual-language Spanish-English pathway, and a very active International Baccalaureate Middle Years feeder. Beaverton HS’s zone wraps the original downtown core, the historic neighborhoods around SW Hall Boulevard, the Five Oaks area, and the apartment-heavy corridors along Allen Boulevard and Hall. Price floor is $475K for a 1950s starter ranch off Davies Road; $575K–$725K for a Vose or Five Oaks craftsman.

Aloha High School (Aloha / TV Highway corridor / Reedville border, opened 1976) is the classic “value play” zone. Around 1,900 students, 5–6 GreatSchools rating, but a strong CTE focus with a respected nursing-pathway partnership with PCC Rock Creek, robust soccer and wrestling programs, and a Spanish-English dual-language pipeline that mirrors Beaverton HS. Aloha’s attendance area covers the unincorporated Aloha community west of Murray Boulevard, north of TV Highway, plus chunks of South Beaverton along 170th and 185th. Price floor is $475K for a 1970s split-level off SW Kinnaman; $525K–$650K for an Aloha-Reedville ranch with RV parking.

Southridge High School (Murray-Scholls / South Beaverton / Progress corridor, opened 1999) was the comprehensive that filled the South Beaverton gap before Mountainside opened. Around 1,800 students, 7–8 GreatSchools rating, strong AP load, well-known basketball program, and an engineering/robotics academy that competes regionally. Southridge’s zone runs along the Murray-Scholls corridor, parts of Greenway, the Whitford-area cul-de-sacs, and South Beaverton east of Cooper Mountain. Price floor is $575K for a 1990s Greenway home; $675K–$900K for a newer Murray Hill or Whitford build.

Move-Day Quirks by Zone (the Stuff Realtors Don’t Tell You)

Every high-school zone in Beaverton has its own physical access reality, and our crews have learned them the hard way. Sunset zone homes in Cedar Mill and the West Hills foothills frequently have steep driveways with grade changes that exceed what a 26-foot box truck can park on safely — we shuttle from the bottom on roughly 1 in 4 Cedar Mill moves. Cedar Hills’ 1960s ranch homes have 28-inch interior doorways that won’t pass a king-size box spring without being stood on edge, so plan to disassemble. Westview zone Bethany cul-de-sacs and the North Bethany new builds have HOA-controlled access — Reed’s Crossing-style 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. move-window restrictions are common, and the gate codes for streets like NW Stoller, NW Bonneville, and NW 153rd have to be requested 48 hours in advance. Mountainside zone Cooper Mountain has the steepest residential driveways in the metro outside Forest Park; if your home address ends in “Place” or “Court” off Cooper Mountain Road, expect a shuttle truck, period. Mountainside-zone Murray Hill homes are kinder, but the original Murray Hill cul-de-sacs are tight 90-degree turns that a 26-footer can clear only if no neighbor is parked on the inside curve.

Beaverton HS zone covers the highest concentration of pre-1965 homes in the district. Stairwells in the Vose, Five Oaks, and Hall Boulevard craftsmans are 32 inches at the elbow turn — we’ll often hoist a sleeper sectional through a second-floor window rather than fight it up the stairs. Allen Boulevard and Hall apartment moves require COIs sent to the property management 5+ business days ahead. Aloha zone homes are easiest to access (1970s split-levels with wide driveways and standard 36-inch doors), but the unincorporated TV Highway corridor has zero curbside parking enforcement, which means you may arrive to find someone else’s contractor truck blocking your driveway — give your crew a backup plan address. Southridge zone Greenway has narrow streets that don’t cope well with a 26-foot truck plus a parked car on either side; our dispatchers route Greenway moves with a 16- or 20-foot truck plus a second trip rather than a single big truck.

Cost-of-Living Math: Beaverton vs the Cities Tech Families Move From

The Beaverton math works dramatically in favor of transplants from Silicon Valley, Seattle, and Denver. A $1.55M three-bedroom in Sunnyvale’s Cupertino-school-feeder zone trades for a $725K Sunset-zone Cedar Mill home with a yard, a garage, and zero Mello-Roos. A $1.2M Bellevue School District tract home swaps to a $750K Westview-zone Bethany build with comparable sf and a wider lot. Even Denver’s Cherry Creek SD homes at $950K typically downgrade to a $675K Mountainside or Southridge zone home with the same school-quality signal. Add Oregon’s lack of a sales tax (vs California’s 7.75%, Washington’s 10.25%, Colorado’s 8.81%), and the recurring expense delta on a $100K household budget runs $7K–$10K/year in Beaverton’s favor — even after Oregon’s 9.9% top marginal income tax.

Washington County property taxes run 1.05–1.30% of assessed value (Measure 5/50 caps), which is meaningfully lower than the headline 1.10% in California (where Prop 13 actually locks new buyers at the purchase price), and well below the 1.20% Bellevue rate that compounds annually. The functional savings show up most for families staying 5+ years.

Moving-Week Tactics for a Beaverton School-Year Transition

Registration Timing for the BSD Calendar

BSD opens new-student online enrollment in early March for the following fall, but real registration — the part where your kid gets a counselor meeting and a class schedule — happens August 1 through August 25. If you close on a Beaverton home between July 1 and August 15, you’re in the sweet spot: you’ll have proof of address before the registration window opens, and your kids can be schedule-confirmed by Day One. Closings between August 16 and Labor Day push your kids into the late-registration line, which usually means missing the first-choice elective, the AP/IB class with a single section, or the one volleyball tryout that already happened. Move with that calendar in mind. Long-distance moves from California, Texas, or Colorado need an extra 1–2 weeks of buffer for transit and unloading, so back-plan accordingly.

A Note on Magnet, Charter & Options Programs

BSD also runs a strong slate of options programs that operate independently of the high-school zone you draw. Health & Sciences School (HS²) at Merlo Station, the International School of Beaverton (ISB) — Oregon’s longest-running full IB program, K-12 — and the Arts & Communication Magnet Academy (ACMA) all admit by application and lottery, not by address. ISB in particular is a serious draw for Westview-and-Sunset-caliber families who specifically want IB without paying the price floor of the North Bethany zone. Apply by the early-February deadline; don’t wait until you’ve moved. Once you’re enrolled in an options program, your zoned school becomes irrelevant to your kid’s day-to-day, but it still matters for your home’s resale value and for younger siblings who may not get a lottery spot.

What Cal’s Moving Does Differently for Beaverton School-Zone Moves

We’ve moved enough Beaverton families to flag the things other movers miss. We pre-call the destination address on every move within the Sunset, Westview, and Mountainside zones to confirm driveway access. We carry COIs ready to fax to apartment management for the Allen Boulevard and Hall corridor moves in the Beaverton HS zone. We know which Bethany HOAs require 48-hour notice and which Cooper Mountain HOAs require none. And we time our weeknight moves around the 5 p.m. westbound 26 / 217 / Sunset Highway choke points so your crew shows up rested at 8 a.m. instead of stuck at 9:45. None of this shows up on a quote sheet — but it determines whether your move-in week feels like the start of something or a five-day tantrum.

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