Beaverton School District students in grades 6, 8 and 11 will take an anonymous online health survey in November, the district announced Sunday, Oct. 18.

The Student Health Survey, sponsored by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE), covers mental and behavioral health, school climate and culture, and risk and protective factors, according to the district's announcement.

Participation is voluntary. Students can skip any question or decline entirely. No identifying information is collected, and responses cannot be linked to individual students, the district said.

Parents who want to opt out should contact their school's main office before the survey is administered.

What the survey covers

The OHA publishes each grade-level questionnaire in English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese and Somali. Topics listed in the 2025 Washington County report include overall health, trust, positive youth development, access to care, mental health, substance use, injury and violence prevention, and demographics. Copies of the questions are available on the BSD website under Annual Surveys.

What the 2025 data showed

The 2025 survey, administered between October 2025 and January 2026, drew responses from 11,337 Washington County students and 63,139 statewide, according to the OHA's county report.

In Washington County, 34.2% of 11th graders rated their emotional and mental health as "fair" or "poor." Among 8th graders, 25.1% gave the same rating. The figure was 19% for sixth graders.

On school safety, 79.7% of Washington County sixth graders agreed or strongly agreed they feel safe at school. That figure was 67.5% for 8th graders and 76.5% for 11th graders.

Washington County's rate on the Positive Youth Development (PYD) benchmark was 71.8%, compared to 68.8% statewide. The OHA noted the PYD calculation method changed from 2024, so the figures are not directly comparable to prior years.

Local context

BSD's own spring 2025 surveys found that students' sense of belonging and self-belief declined as they got older, according to the district's Believe You Matter mental health initiative. At the elementary level, 93.5% of students scored positively. That dropped to 89.8% in middle school and 87.4% in high school.

Families can review the full 2025 questionnaires and results on the OHA's Student Health Survey page.