Linus Pauling Middle School

Summary:

Linus Pauling Middle School is a public middle school located in Corvallis, Oregon, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 768 students. The school is part of the Corvallis School District 509J, which is ranked 10th out of 140 districts in Oregon and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Linus Pauling Middle School consistently ranks in the top 25% of Oregon middle schools, with a statewide ranking between 55-124 over the past 10 years. The school's performance on state assessments (OSAS) is generally above the state and district averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, with 6th-8th grade proficiency rates ranging from 35-52% in ELA and 30-40% in Mathematics. In 8th grade Science, Linus Pauling Middle School's proficiency rate is significantly higher than the state average (49.1% vs. 25.9% in 2023-2024). However, the school faces challenges in addressing performance gaps among its subgroups, with notable differences in academic achievement between male and female students, as well as between different racial/ethnic groups and special populations.

Comparing Linus Pauling Middle School to nearby schools, Cheldelin Middle School, another Corvallis School District 509J school, consistently outperforms Linus Pauling Middle School in academic assessments. In contrast, Talmadge Middle School and Jefferson Middle School, located in other districts, have significantly lower academic performance compared to Linus Pauling Middle School. The performance of other nearby schools, such as Timber Ridge School and North Albany Middle School, demonstrates a mix of strengths and weaknesses compared to Linus Pauling Middle School.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1111 NW Cleveland Ave
       Corvallis, OR  97330-2063


(541) 757-5961

District: Corvallis School District 509J

SchoolDigger Rank:
74th of 371 Oregon Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,630 Help


Students who attend Linus Pauling Middle School usually attend:

High:    Corvallis High School

Feeder schools for Linus Pauling Middle School:

Elementary:    Adams Elementary School
    Garfield Elementary School
    Kathryn Jones Harrison Elementary School
    Lincoln Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.2 Help
Number of students:  768

Racial breakdown:

White:
59.2%
Hispanic:
25.8%
Two or more races:
9.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  44.7% Help


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Compare Details Linus Pauling Middle School ranks better than 80.1% of middle schools in Oregon. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 71.48. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (59.2%), Hispanic (25.8%), two or more races (9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 44.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Linus Pauling Middle School is 17.2. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Linus Pauling Middle School is $21,630.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Linus Pauling Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Linus Pauling Middle School 74th of 371 Oregon public middle schools. (See Linus Pauling Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Corvallis School District 509J:

SchoolDigger ranks Corvallis School District 509J 10th of 140 Oregon school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Linus Pauling Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Linus Pauling Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 63.58 82nd 270 69.6%
2005 71.11 58th 271 78.6%
2006 63.81 89th 285 68.8%
2007 66.31 76th 295 74.2%
2008 63.06 98th 315 68.9%
2009 62.19 111th 323 65.6%
2010 71.75 66th 343 80.8%
2011 61.52 130th 357 63.6%
2012 71.77 85th 395 78.5%
2013 78.71 55th 377 85.4%
2014 73.25 88th 382 77.0%
2015 76.59 62nd 381 83.7%
2016 67.98 98th 383 74.4%
2017 61.95 121st 382 68.3%
2018 56.47 147th 384 61.7%
2019 61.84 124th 379 67.3%
2022 72.92 72nd 367 80.4%
2023 62.99 104th 380 72.6%
2024 71.48 74th 371 80.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Linus Pauling Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.68 70th 137 48.9%
2019 54.60 49th 115 57.4%
2022 60.46 32nd 110 70.9%
2023 45.35 55th 114 51.8%
2024 60.05 37th 125 70.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Linus Pauling Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.25 39th 46 15.2%
2019 51.82 12th 29 58.6%
2022 20.11 16th 16 0.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Linus Pauling Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.93 166th 206 19.4%
2019 26.01 130th 156 16.7%
2022 56.21 41st 143 71.3%
2023 55.45 36th 150 76.0%
2024 52.48 52nd 153 66.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Linus Pauling Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.30 296th 325 8.9%
2019 23.94 236th 282 16.3%
2022 73.47 70th 364 80.8%
2023 38.91 192nd 312 38.5%
2024 52.98 84th 244 65.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Linus Pauling Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 67.11 2nd 14 85.7%
2023 44.10 8th 14 42.9%
2024 28.39 18th 21 14.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Linus Pauling Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.44 153rd 342 55.3%
2019 60.77 104th 277 62.5%
2022 70.86 70th 310 77.4%
2023 61.97 95th 323 70.6%
2024 68.12 73rd 313 76.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Linus Pauling Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.91 9th 42 78.6%
2022 69.33 27th 93 71.0%
2023 63.42 44th 103 57.3%
2024 63.56 34th 103 67.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Linus Pauling Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.06 125th 341 63.3%
2019 67.91 79th 291 72.9%
2022 74.65 52nd 312 83.3%
2023 65.68 84th 318 73.6%
2024 72.75 63rd 323 80.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Linus Pauling Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.47 37th 61 39.3%
2019 71.06 14th 39 64.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Linus Pauling Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.05 185th 210 11.9%
2019 25.47 159th 191 16.8%
2022 50.01 76th 194 60.8%
2023 57.27 60th 201 70.1%
2024 53.84 64th 196 67.3%
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Rank History for White students at Linus Pauling Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.77 85th 357 76.2%
2019 76.68 62nd 344 82.0%
2022 81.39 42nd 355 88.2%
2023 72.30 68th 360 81.1%
2024 81.70 47th 349 86.5%
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Data source: test scores: Oregon Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Linus Pauling Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 466 3 17 12 7 n/a n/a 0 505
1989 490 2 19 10 2 n/a n/a 0 523
1990 516 8 11 2 6 n/a n/a 0 543
1991 512 6 10 3 7 n/a n/a 0 538
1992 529 6 12 7 5 n/a n/a 0 559
1993 495 3 8 7 4 n/a n/a 0 517
1994 527 4 8 8 1 n/a n/a 0 548
1995 511 7 8 14 2 n/a n/a 0 542
1996 511 7 8 14 2 n/a n/a 0 542
1997 474 4 8 14 2 n/a n/a 0 502
1998 458 8 10 20 2 n/a n/a 0 498
1999 454 9 11 23 1 n/a n/a 0 498
2000 402 10 8 19 5 n/a n/a 0 444
2001 357 6 8 26 5 n/a n/a 0 402
2002 567 8 26 55 4 n/a n/a 9 669
2003 567 8 26 55 4 n/a n/a 9 669
2004 452 6 26 59 7 n/a n/a 15 565
2005 495 16 36 82 8 n/a n/a 23 660
2006 491 18 42 104 7 n/a n/a 0 662
2007 486 23 36 102 8 n/a n/a 36 691
2008 500 22 33 104 7 n/a n/a 40 706
2009 483 22 38 111 4 n/a n/a 32 690
2010 503 16 39 121 5 n/a n/a 18 702
2011 528 13 30 117 4 8 26 0 726
2012 485 12 27 130 4 5 36 0 699
2013 477 12 17 143 4 4 49 0 706
2014 435 8 20 156 4 5 50 0 678
2015 445 9 16 165 8 3 66 0 712
2016 447 6 17 176 7 5 40 0 698
2017 464 6 21 181 6 3 48 0 729
2018 452 6 22 193 5 2 43 0 723
2019 454 13 26 198 9 2 46 1 749
2020 498 11 25 190 11 2 55 0 792
2021 429 15 18 194 5 1 55 0 717
2022 468 9 18 178 9 0 67 6 755
2023 455 12 17 198 6 1 69 10 768

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Linus Pauling Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 505 30.7 16.4 18.4
1989 523 30.7 17.0 12.8
1990 543 30.7 17.6 14.2
1991 538 29.6 18.1 11.9
1992 559 30.7 18.2 19.7
1993 517 30.3 17.1 15.1
1994 548 21.9 25.0 16.4
1995 542 27.0 20.1 21
1996 542 27.0 20.1 21
1997 502 20.2 24.9 15.1
1998 498 20.7 24.1 14.9
1999 498 21.2 23.5 19.1
2000 444 18.6 23.9 25.2
2001 402 19.0 21.2 24.6
2002 669 33.3 20.1 35.8
2003 669 33.3 20.1 35.8
2004 565 23.7 23.8 39.6
2005 660 24.0 27.5 37.4
2006 662 26.0 25.5 43.1
2007 691 28.7 24.1 42
2008 706 31.5 22.4 41.4
2009 690 32.1 21.4 46
2010 702 28.4 24.6 43.9
2011 726 29.4 24.6 42.4
2012 699 32.3 21.6 43.2
2013 706 30.4 23.1 44.5
2014 678 30.1 22.5 47.5
2015 712 30.0 23.7 43
2016 698 32.0 21.8 43.8
2017 729 36.1 20.1 45.3
2018 723 37.4 19.2 46.2
2019 749 38.3 19.5 48.6
2020 792 40.8 19.4 44.8
2021 717 40.8 17.5 n/a
2022 755 42.3 17.8 n/a
2023 768 44.4 17.2 44.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Linus Pauling Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 505 30.7 16.4 18.4
1989 523 30.7 17.0 12.8
1990 543 30.7 17.6 14.2
1991 538 29.6 18.1 11.9
1992 559 30.7 18.2 19.7
1993 517 30.3 17.1 15.1
1994 548 21.9 25.0 16.4
1995 542 27.0 20.1 21
1996 542 27.0 20.1 21
1997 502 20.2 24.9 15.1
1998 498 20.7 24.1 14.9
1999 498 21.2 23.5 19.1
2000 444 18.6 23.9 25.2
2001 402 19.0 21.2 24.6
2002 669 33.3 20.1 35.8
2003 669 33.3 20.1 35.8
2004 565 23.7 23.8 39.6
2005 660 24.0 27.5 37.4
2006 662 26.0 25.5 43.1
2007 691 28.7 24.1 42
2008 706 31.5 22.4 41.4
2009 690 32.1 21.4 46
2010 702 28.4 24.6 43.9
2011 726 29.4 24.6 42.4
2012 699 32.3 21.6 43.2
2013 706 30.4 23.1 44.5
2014 678 30.1 22.5 47.5
2015 712 30.0 23.7 43
2016 698 32.0 21.8 43.8
2017 729 36.1 20.1 45.3
2018 723 37.4 19.2 46.2
2019 749 38.3 19.5 48.6
2020 792 40.8 19.4 44.8
2021 717 40.8 17.5 n/a
2022 755 42.3 17.8 n/a
2023 768 44.4 17.2 44.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Linus Pauling Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 n/a n/a $14,940
2020 n/a n/a $16,451
2021 n/a n/a $16,853
2022 $822 (4.2%) $18,751 (95.8%) $19,573
2023 $1,622 (7.5%) $20,009 (92.5%) $21,630

Data source: Oregon Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Linus Pauling Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 124th of 379 Middle schoolsRanks 104th of 380 Middle schools
 5.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Linus Pauling Middle School)53.646.8
 6.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Corvallis School District 509J)58.249.6
 8.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon)51.541
 10.5%
6th Grade Mathematics (Linus Pauling Middle School)36.130.9
 5.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Corvallis School District 509J)48.237.9
 10.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Oregon)37.128.1
 9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Linus Pauling Middle School)6451.4
 12.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Corvallis School District 509J)6760
 7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon)54.943.8
 11.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Linus Pauling Middle School)4543.6
 1.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Corvallis School District 509J)51.348.2
 3.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Oregon)40.129.6
 10.5%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Linus Pauling Middle School)56.746
 10.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Corvallis School District 509J)62.654.4
 8.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon)53.241.9
 11.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Linus Pauling Middle School)4429.9
 14.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Corvallis School District 509J)49.735.3
 14.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Oregon)38.325.5
 12.8%
8th Grade Science (Linus Pauling Middle School)50.441.7
 8.7%
   8th Grade Science (Corvallis School District 509J)55.144.5
 10.6%
   8th Grade Science (Oregon)37.526
 11.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students749768
 2.5%
African American1312
 7.7%
American Indian96
 33.3%
Asian2617
 34.6%
Hispanic198198
Pacific Islander21
 50%
White454455
 0.2%
Two or More Races4669
 50%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients48.6%44.7%
 3.9%


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Students at Linus Pauling Middle School are 59% White, 26% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 2% African American, 1% Not Specified.

Students who attend Linus Pauling Middle School usually go on to attend Corvallis High School

Linus Pauling Middle School ranks 74th of 371 Oregon middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 768 students attended Linus Pauling Middle School.


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