International School of Beaverton

"The school preaches about its involvement into bettering the kids future, but the truth is that it cares about the test scores and I'm not sure what else.. My children both attended ISB but no longer due after incidents involving the main administration showed to my family how little that the schools main staff cares very little for its students. It's not parent friendly . The transition from 5th to 6th is very hard on the children and there is no real communication with teachers minus constant email blast of what they are doing as a whole or the school is wanting more money so sell sell sell"

"This school is pretty good with the education, but the atmosphere it has for the students, it’s not so good. The high school with middle schoolers there create a crowded school because the halls are meant for an elementary school. The administration treats all students like 10 year olds and have this fake view of a perfect student. That school is to be more acedimiccally challenged, but most students there don’t even want to be there. Their parents make them. This especially true high school students. They don’t get homecoming, or many other school dances. There is no school spirit. The fields are bad, no sports teams because it’s an option school. The equipment is outdated. All this really does make students not want to go therefor distracting them from learning, especially for kids in high school, They dont get the experience that they want to have."

"If it was possible to give this school no stars I would. I attended this school 5 years ago for middle school. It was pretty okay aside from the lack of diversity and O'Niell slithering her way to dictatorship. Now my little sister is there for high school and it seems like the school is falling apart. Faculty and students rally together against O'Niell and yet its all still crap. Staff have purposely left their paying jobs because of this lady... The school supply list does not take into account for students with lower income, for example students are now required to buy a whole new backpack for their chrome books, stylus pens and numerous binders which they forced them to get to force some type of organizational method on them. New classes are also being implemented to enable lazy kids for their personal project/extended essay. The point of those two projects is to learn from it personally and grow from it... not to be forced to do it a certain way with guidance from teachers. If this school was truly a charter/option school for the "gifted" these classes should not be needed. I don't know how this school gets rated to be the top in Oregon because it is not a wholesome, free, fun environment for students. The End."

"Friendly school, excellent curriculum, rigorous programs. Consistently rated #1 in Oregon. The school itself could use an upgrade in size and some better infrastructure, however (so a top of the line school can have top of the line classrooms and facilities). The current ones are fine however, I would recommend it to anyone. Very dedicated and hardworking staff."

"My son attends here. It's a demanding curriculum and there is an expectation that students are self-motivated to excel. As such for a bright and motivated kid, this can be the ideal school. But if your kid is not that kid, it can be a frustrating learning experience. The teachers and staff do their best to help, but the IB program does focus on things that push the envelope on learning both for the business as usual schools as well as the average student, so you just have to understand that if you or your kid go here. It was just rated number 26 in the USA for high school and was the top Oregon school. But what I wrote above still applies"