Gardiner Middle School

Summary:

Gardiner Middle School is a public middle school located in Oregon City, Oregon, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 671 students. It is part of the Oregon City School District 62, which is ranked 42 out of 140 school districts in Oregon and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Gardiner Middle School faces some academic challenges, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science generally lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the 6th-grade ELA proficiency rate at Gardiner was 49.5%, compared to 43.4% for the district and 40.7% for the state. The school's performance also varies across different student subgroups, with Hispanic and Special Education students generally performing lower than their peers. Gardiner Middle School's statewide ranking has declined over the years, from being ranked 95 out of 383 Oregon middle schools in the 2015-2016 school year to being ranked 194 out of 371 Oregon middle schools in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's SchoolDigger rating has also decreased from 4 stars out of 5 to 2 stars out of 5 in the most recent school years.

Comparing Gardiner Middle School to nearby schools provides valuable insights. The school's academic performance is generally lower than the nearby Tumwata Middle School, which is also part of the Oregon City School District 62. However, Gardiner Middle School's performance is still better than some of the other nearby schools, such as Alder Creek Middle School and Rowe Middle School, which are part of the North Clackamas School District 12. Additionally, Gardiner Middle School has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 30.4% in the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the rates at some of the higher-performing nearby schools.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 205 Williams St
       Oregon City, OR  97045


(503) 785-8200

District: Oregon City School District 62

SchoolDigger Rank:
194th of 371 Oregon Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,128 Help


Students who attend Gardiner Middle School usually attend:

High:    Oregon City Senior High School

Feeder schools for Gardiner Middle School:

Elementary:    Candy Lane Elementary School
    Gaffney Lane Elementary School
    John McLoughlin Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  22.8 Help
Number of students:  685

Racial breakdown:

White:
65.3%
Hispanic:
23.8%
Two or more races:
7.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  40.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Gardiner Middle School ranks worse than 52.3% of middle schools in Oregon. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 43.3. (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 (65.3%), Hispanic (23.8%), two or more races (7.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 40.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Gardiner Middle School is 22.8. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Gardiner Middle School is $17,128.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Gardiner Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Gardiner Middle School 194th of 371 Oregon public middle schools. (See Gardiner Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Oregon City School District 62:

SchoolDigger ranks Oregon City School District 62 42nd of 140 Oregon school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Gardiner Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Gardiner Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 32.15 196th 270 27.4%
2005 37.15 185th 271 31.7%
2006 47.24 150th 285 47.4%
2007 65.70 80th 295 72.9%
2008 54.51 141st 315 55.2%
2009 60.20 123rd 323 61.9%
2010 72.21 64th 343 81.3%
2011 66.96 101st 357 71.7%
2012 70.48 89th 395 77.5%
2013 67.45 110th 377 70.8%
2014 66.76 121st 382 68.3%
2015 67.97 101st 381 73.5%
2016 68.06 95th 383 75.2%
2017 62.52 118th 382 69.1%
2018 63.33 121st 384 68.5%
2019 61.55 126th 379 66.8%
2022 35.16 230th 367 37.3%
2023 34.79 237th 380 37.6%
2024 43.30 194th 371 47.7%
See the entire list of Oregon Middle School Rankings!

Rank History for Multi-racial students at Gardiner Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.44 33rd 137 75.9%
2019 64.25 37th 115 67.8%
2022 41.62 58th 110 47.3%
2023 44.30 58th 114 49.1%
2024 44.98 66th 125 47.2%
See the entire list of Best Oregon Middle Schools for Multi-racial Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Gardiner Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.79 98th 206 52.4%
2019 42.92 65th 156 58.3%
2023 20.50 141st 150 6.0%
2024 35.83 98th 153 35.9%
See the entire list of Best Oregon Middle Schools for Special Education Students!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Gardiner Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.03 148th 325 54.5%
2019 48.87 124th 282 56.0%
2022 35.36 227th 364 37.6%
2023 12.87 302nd 312 3.2%
2024 43.27 120th 244 50.8%
See the entire list of Best Oregon Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Gardiner Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.08 119th 342 65.2%
2019 64.93 87th 277 68.6%
2022 35.00 203rd 310 34.5%
2023 37.31 201st 323 37.8%
2024 43.28 160th 313 48.9%
See the entire list of Best Oregon Middle Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Gardiner Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.04 12th 42 71.4%
2019 62.01 17th 44 61.4%
2022 41.10 67th 93 28.0%
2023 31.37 84th 103 18.4%
2024 41.79 73rd 103 29.1%
See the entire list of Best Oregon Middle Schools for Gifted and Talented Students!

Rank History for Male students at Gardiner Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.13 104th 341 69.5%
2019 69.38 74th 291 74.6%
2022 36.34 184th 312 41.0%
2023 33.59 213th 318 33.0%
2024 42.14 179th 323 44.6%
See the entire list of Best Oregon Middle Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Gardiner Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.27 96th 210 54.3%
2019 43.80 96th 191 49.7%
2022 42.51 97th 194 50.0%
2023 24.93 168th 201 16.4%
2024 36.58 119th 196 39.3%
See the entire list of Best Oregon Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Gardiner Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.57 123rd 357 65.5%
2019 60.26 123rd 344 64.2%
2022 33.48 239th 355 32.7%
2023 36.08 226th 360 37.2%
2024 43.99 186th 349 46.7%
See the entire list of Best Oregon Middle Schools for White Students!

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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Oregon Department of Education

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by a parent
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Open Quote I am always amazed when teachers get involved politically in the community, trying to shut down local businesses because of a personal opinion is not what I want teaching my children.
Two of my children have went to this school, not the third. Sweetin..... get it together man. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Gardiner Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 433 4 15 5 11 n/a n/a 0 468
1989 411 5 12 3 8 n/a n/a 0 439
1990 403 9 9 19 13 n/a n/a 0 453
1991 484 1 3 9 8 n/a n/a 0 505
1992 487 2 4 5 3 n/a n/a 0 501
1993 448 1 6 10 5 n/a n/a 0 470
1994 447 3 8 15 11 n/a n/a 0 484
1995 461 1 4 8 6 n/a n/a 0 480
1996 461 1 4 8 6 n/a n/a 0 480
1997 469 0 5 8 10 n/a n/a 0 492
1998 450 2 3 8 10 n/a n/a 0 473
1999 500 0 0 12 2 n/a n/a 0 514
2000 517 2 5 15 3 n/a n/a 0 542
2001 383 3 11 25 6 n/a n/a 0 428
2002 542 8 8 31 10 n/a n/a 23 622
2003 542 8 8 31 10 n/a n/a 23 622
2004 535 9 10 56 6 n/a n/a 26 642
2005 496 8 13 47 7 n/a n/a 14 585
2006 514 10 14 45 12 n/a n/a 0 595
2007 534 7 11 37 12 n/a n/a 16 617
2008 495 8 10 45 8 n/a n/a 12 578
2009 446 9 11 52 10 n/a n/a 29 557
2010 449 7 7 61 8 n/a n/a 28 560
2011 519 7 5 66 10 0 26 0 633
2012 497 9 8 69 11 0 29 0 623
2013 644 7 17 118 10 2 47 0 845
2014 585 6 16 108 8 1 51 0 775
2015 561 9 10 121 4 5 52 0 762
2016 574 7 10 129 4 5 50 0 779
2017 574 10 10 133 6 5 52 0 790
2018 571 4 12 145 4 2 54 0 792
2019 601 5 14 162 5 1 62 1 851
2020 563 8 17 162 6 2 54 1 813
2021 453 4 9 149 6 4 39 0 664
2022 449 5 11 146 4 3 47 3 668
2023 439 6 13 154 1 0 53 5 671
2024 447 5 13 163 0 0 54 3 685

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 Gardiner Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 468 24.4 19.1 20.9
1989 439 25.4 17.2 19.4
1990 453 23.4 19.3 23
1991 505 23.0 21.9 9.9
1992 501 22.0 22.7 10.6
1993 470 27.1 17.3 11.1
1994 484 23.0 21.0 17.1
1995 480 25.0 19.2 18.1
1996 480 25.0 19.2 18.1
1997 492 19.9 24.7 18.1
1998 473 19.9 23.8 15.6
1999 514 25.3 20.3 30.9
2000 542 28.0 19.4 25.5
2001 428 30.5 14.0 28.7
2002 622 31.5 19.7 31.2
2003 622 31.5 19.7 31.2
2004 642 29.5 21.8 27.4
2005 585 32.5 18.0 31.9
2006 595 34.0 17.5 37.3
2007 617 38.5 16.0 29.5
2008 578 28.5 20.3 31.3
2009 557 29.0 19.2 46.8
2010 560 25.5 21.9 40
2011 633 27.9 22.6 38.9
2012 623 28.7 21.7 44.9
2013 845 38.0 22.2 43.6
2014 775 37.0 20.8 43.1
2015 762 37.0 20.5 43.4
2016 779 36.0 21.6 43.5
2017 790 38.8 20.3 35.1
2018 792 39.8 19.8 37.2
2019 851 35.2 24.1 34.3
2020 813 35.0 23.2 34.3
2021 664 35.7 18.5 n/a
2022 668 35.4 18.8 n/a
2023 671 29.7 22.5 30.4
2024 685 29.9 22.8 40.6

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 Gardiner Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 468 24.4 19.1 20.9
1989 439 25.4 17.2 19.4
1990 453 23.4 19.3 23
1991 505 23.0 21.9 9.9
1992 501 22.0 22.7 10.6
1993 470 27.1 17.3 11.1
1994 484 23.0 21.0 17.1
1995 480 25.0 19.2 18.1
1996 480 25.0 19.2 18.1
1997 492 19.9 24.7 18.1
1998 473 19.9 23.8 15.6
1999 514 25.3 20.3 30.9
2000 542 28.0 19.4 25.5
2001 428 30.5 14.0 28.7
2002 622 31.5 19.7 31.2
2003 622 31.5 19.7 31.2
2004 642 29.5 21.8 27.4
2005 585 32.5 18.0 31.9
2006 595 34.0 17.5 37.3
2007 617 38.5 16.0 29.5
2008 578 28.5 20.3 31.3
2009 557 29.0 19.2 46.8
2010 560 25.5 21.9 40
2011 633 27.9 22.6 38.9
2012 623 28.7 21.7 44.9
2013 845 38.0 22.2 43.6
2014 775 37.0 20.8 43.1
2015 762 37.0 20.5 43.4
2016 779 36.0 21.6 43.5
2017 790 38.8 20.3 35.1
2018 792 39.8 19.8 37.2
2019 851 35.2 24.1 34.3
2020 813 35.0 23.2 34.3
2021 664 35.7 18.5 n/a
2022 668 35.4 18.8 n/a
2023 671 29.7 22.5 30.4
2024 685 29.9 22.8 40.6

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Gardiner 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 $12,478
2020 n/a n/a $13,189
2021 n/a n/a $15,982
2022 n/a $17,509 (100.0%) $17,509
2023 $1,125 (6.6%) $16,004 (93.4%) $17,128

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Gardiner Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 126th of 379 Middle schoolsRanks 237th of 380 Middle schools
 29.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Gardiner Middle School)67.447.4
 20%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon City School District 62)56.941.8
 15.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon)51.541
 10.5%
6th Grade Mathematics (Gardiner Middle School)40.928.2
 12.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Oregon City School District 62)38.121.8
 16.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Oregon)37.128.1
 9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Gardiner Middle School)65.631.9
 33.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon City School District 62)63.440.7
 22.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon)54.943.8
 11.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Gardiner Middle School)40.625.6
 15%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Oregon City School District 62)35.425.3
 10.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Oregon)40.129.6
 10.5%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Gardiner Middle School)56.437.7
 18.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon City School District 62)53.441.7
 11.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon)53.241.9
 11.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Gardiner Middle School)3614.6
 21.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Oregon City School District 62)37.817.4
 20.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Oregon)38.325.5
 12.8%
8th Grade Science (Gardiner Middle School)40.515.1
 25.4%
   8th Grade Science (Oregon City School District 62)39.923.7
 16.2%
   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 Students851671
 21.2%
African American56
 20%
American Indian51
 80%
Asian1413
 7.1%
Hispanic162154
 4.9%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White601439
 27%
Two or More Races6253
 14.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients34.3%30.4%
 3.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Gardiner Middle School

Students at Gardiner Middle School are 65% White, 24% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 685 students attended Gardiner Middle School.

Gardiner Middle School ranks 194th of 371 Oregon middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Gardiner Middle School usually go on to attend Oregon City Senior High School


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