what is the best schools and neighborhood on beaverton /portland border? (Cedar Hills: crime, neighborhoods)

[janie1167]

moved here 5 months ago and i am trying to find a good neighborhood for my daughter and i to live in, she is 10. we live in beaverton and know they have more funding than portland school district. what are the neighborhoods right on the border than are in portland that also have a good school or beaverton school on the border with a great school. want to live somewhat close to 217 or major road to be 10 minutes from downtown. its driving me crazy need help. i want my daughter to be safe enough to drive her bike in the neighborhood too? is it possible? thank you............

[2austin]

Originally Posted by janie1167

moved here 5 months ago and i am trying to find a good neighborhood for my daughter and i to live in, she is 10. we live in beaverton and know they have more funding than portland school district. what are the neighborhoods right on the border than are in portland that also have a good school or beaverton school on the border with a great school. want to live somewhat close to 217 or major road to be 10 minutes from downtown. its driving me crazy need help. i want my daughter to be safe enough to drive her bike in the neighborhood too? is it possible? thank you............

Check the Bethany neighborhood in NW Washington county -- loosely defined as the north side of Hwy 26 between 185 and Murray (Or Cedar Hills) exit. Great schools and very family oriented.

[Brandon26pdx]

I'll second 2austin on Bethany Village area...I've lived there for a couple years and it's a very clean and family-oriented area. Lots of paths to walk and bike on. Lots of middle school aged kids hang out at the shopping center during summertime, and they have weekly concerts and street fairs during those months. I've never worried about my car getting vandalized or any garbage like that...it's basically a business class bedroom community. Crime and other nonsense is virtually nil. If you're an apt dweller I'd avoid the Bethany Meadows Apts if financially possible, but South Parc and Central Parc are nice complexes. It's a Portland mailing address but still Beaverton school district. It's a rung or two above Beaverton proper, subjectively. Old Beaverton has gone downhill a little bit in the decade I've lived in the area...there's areas over there I wouldnt care too much to live.