4640 Pacific Blvd SW
Albany, OR 97321

School is average at best. We were told this was one of the best elementary schools in the district. I find that pretty discouraging. The option of pursuing an IEP for a struggling student was met with resistance by teacher. As a result, the IEP process never began and student did not meet any math standards at end of year. Teacher never reached out regarding not meeting standards. There is very little science taught throughout the school year. The administration needs to figure out better ways to handle disruptive students. You know it’s an issue when the main topic after school is what the disruptive student did that day or that multiple adults attempted to calm disruptive student in the classroom to the distraction of the other kids. In addition, the district-wide early release day every Wednesday takes away 1 hour of valuable learning time each week. In a district with not great test scores, one would think they would use this hour for teaching.

The registrar is amazing. The school has amazing staff all together. The registrar Really stood out though.

All that glitters is not gold. Folks in Albany know about West, but posting this for parents, like us, who are moving here from outside the area and don't know the score. The test scores and graduation rates of this school are incredibly misleading. The way they achieve them is by forcing out any kids who have attendance problems or are doing poorly. Instead of trying to help them, they push them out to the other high school, to the alternative school (no AP or advanced classes or extra curriculars and unlike other districts, diploma is from the alternative school, not West), to their online school, to other districts and to charter online schools. Bullying is rampant and largely unaddressed. Students having mental health problems as a result are seen as the problem, not the students bullying them. The actual quality of instruction is no better than average for Oregon, which isn't saying much. There are good individuals here, but the administration here cares nothing about your child's education or well being. The way they see it your child's job is to perform well, regardless, to keep up the graduation and test score stats. This is all related to property values and local politics - anything that threatens their 'high performing' high school and star principal, including a bullied or struggling student, is a problem to be gotten rid of. We strongly recommend the Corvallis high schools as an alternative - the test scores are similar, but they are much better resourced and achieve those schools by actually helping struggling students succeed.