Best Middle Schools in Oregon

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 371)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
410671001294	331	Jefferson Middle School	Public	6-8	2180 Talbot Rd SE	Jefferson	97352	Marion County	Jefferson School District 14J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 327-3337	191	12	15.7	64.9%	118 (61.8%)	1 (0.5%)	62 (32.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.2%)	$17,948			$1,758			$16,190	16.3	15.4	340	9
410816001116	332	Central Middle School	Public	6-8	306 SW 2nd Ave	Milton Freewater	97862	Umatilla County	Milton-Freewater Unified School District 7	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 938-5504	386	23	16.6	73.1%	144 (37.3%)	3 (0.8%)	228 (59.1%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.6%)	$15,824			$1,255			$14,569	16.2	19.7	321	11
410963000393	333	Talent Middle School	Public	6-8	102 Christian Ave	Talent	97540	Jackson County	Phoenix-Talent School District 4	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 535-1552	473	29	16.3	78.9%	239 (50.5%)	4 (0.8%)	191 (40.4%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.9%)	$21,643			$2,751			$18,892	16.1	21.1	312	21
410450001587	334	White Mountain Middle School	Public	6-8	550 Wilson Way	White City	97503	Jackson County	Eagle Point School District 9	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 830-6315	376	21	17.7	72.1%	126 (33.5%)	1 (0.3%)	231 (61.4%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)	$15,209			$1,279			$13,929	15.8	14.8	343	9
410204000621	335	Cascade Middle School	Public	6-8	1525 Echo Hollow Rd	Eugene	97402	Lane County	Bethel School District 52	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 689-0641	342	24	14.4	65.2%	171 (50.0%)	5 (1.5%)	122 (35.7%)	4 (1.2%)	5 (1.5%)	2 (0.6%)	23 (6.7%)	$18,913			$2,228			$16,686	15.5	16.5	338	3
411179001120	336	Stanfield Secondary School	Public	6-12	1100 N Main	Stanfield	97875	Umatilla County	Stanfield School District 61	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 449-3851	289	15	19.3	48.4%	135 (46.7%)	2 (0.7%)	135 (46.7%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.1%)	$16,001			$00			$16,001	15	22.4	304	32
410750000984	337	Taft Middle School	Public	7-8	4040 High School Dr	Lincoln City	97367	Lincoln County	Lincoln County School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 996-2115	259	17	15.6		155 (59.8%)	1 (0.4%)	66 (25.5%)	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (12.0%)	$10,080			$1,199			$8,881	14.6	19.5	322	15
410120000019	338	Alsea Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	301 S Third	Alsea	97324	Benton County	Alsea School District 7J	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(541) 487-4305	509	0		38.7%	364 (71.5%)	10 (2.0%)	67 (13.2%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	6 (1.2%)	49 (9.6%)	$24,861			$445			$24,416	14.6	31.3	263	75
410600000990	339	Gordon Russell Middle School	Public	6-8	3625 SE Powell Valley Rd	Gresham	97080	Multnomah County	Gresham-Barlow School District 10J	No	(n/a)	No	No	(503) 667-6900	672	30	22	79.3%	311 (46.3%)	36 (5.4%)	232 (34.5%)	25 (3.7%)	3 (0.4%)	7 (1.0%)	50 (7.4%)	$16,942			$870			$16,071	14.2	21.2	311	28
411068000421	340	Rogue River Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	1898 E Evans Creek Rd	Rogue River	97537	Jackson County	Rogue River School District 35	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 582-3297	357	22	16.2	65.5%	281 (78.7%)	3 (0.8%)	49 (13.7%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.8%)	$19,940			$1,661			$18,278	14.1	35.2	234	106

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on OSAS English Language Arts, OSAS Mathematics, OSAS Science test scores released by the Oregon Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 3, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Oregon Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Oregon Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.