Summary:
Estacada School District 108 in Oregon has only one middle school, Estacada Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Oregon middle schools over the past three years, indicating persistent challenges in improving academic outcomes. While the school spends a relatively high amount per student, its performance on standardized tests, such as the OSAS, remains significantly below the district and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics.
Estacada Middle School's statewide ranking has been low, placing 293rd out of 371 Oregon middle schools for the 2023-2024 school year, 364th out of 380 for the 2022-2023 school year, and 315th out of 367 for the 2021-2022 school year. Additionally, the school's proficiency rates on the OSAS tests are significantly lower than the Estacada School District 108 and state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's 6th grade proficiency rate in English Language Arts was 28.5%, compared to the district average of 35.4% and the state average of 40.7%.
The high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at Estacada Middle School, 40.79% in the 2022-2023 school year, suggests that the school may be serving a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, which could be impacting academic performance. While the school's spending per student is higher than the national average, this does not appear to be translating into improved academic outcomes, indicating that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving the school's performance.
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