Our service area
Margot Peek,
West Linn-Wilsonville School District
By the numbers
Clackamas ESD Fast Facts
Lead, serve and innovate for learning
What we do
We provide a range of services and support to:
- Preschool children
- K-age 21 students
- Educators
- School districts
Our key services
Special education
- Provide specialized instruction to students ages 3 – 21 with complex and multiple disabilities
- Help students transition to meaningful employment
Early learning
- Evaluate children birth to 3 for developmental delays
- Operate free preschools for children experiencing poverty
- Train and support child care providers and expand access
Teacher and student support
- Train educators in multiple areas to improve instruction and student achievement
- Train and support school teams to improve students’ physical and mental health and prevent suicide
- Coordinate summer school, graduation support and preschool services for migrant children
- Help out-of-school youth re-engage in education and employment
- Facilitate career education and work-based learning for high school students
Technology
- Provide cost-saving network, server administration and cybersecurity services to all 10 regional school districts and 39 other statewide customers
- Serve as a regional data center, hosting highly sensitive student, financial and personnel information
We also serve as a convener and liaison between schools and community partners. Our many activities include hosting region-wide school safety summits, participating on the Child Care for All Taskforce, and partnering with Clackamas County Public Health on multiple health supports for schools.
Our region
Our funding
We leverage state funding to secure grants and other sources of funding to strengthen our impact and meet the needs of more children and educators.
■ 60% Competitive state and federal grants, contracts, fee-for-service initiatives and other revenue sources
■ 40% State general fund
Clackamas ESD News
Clackamas ESD invites nominations for first annual Mission Awards
New awards program celebrates leadership, service, and innovation across Clackamas County Clackamas Education Service District is inviting nominations for its first annual Mission Awards, a new opportunity to celebrate the people who make a lasting difference for students, schools, and communities. Created to recognize excellence aligned with Clackamas ESD’s mission [...]
A Decade of Student Creativity: Clackamas ESD Marks Milestone Art Show
Over the past decade, the Clackamas ESD Regional Art Show has spotlighted more than 1,600 middle and high school artists from across Clackamas County, growing into one of Oregon’s largest student art showcases and giving young creatives the kind of recognition often reserved for athletics and academics. Now in [...]
Clackamas ESD to Switch to a New Paid Leave Oregon Claims Provider Effective Apr. 1, 2026
Since 9/3/2023, the Paid Leave Oregon Plan has been available to eligible Clackamas ESD employees. This letter serves as a 30-day notification that CESD is changing its Paid Leave Oregon processor to American Fidelity. When is change effective? Effective 4/1/2026, Clackamas ESD will move from the State of Oregon Paid [...]
