Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Summary:

Thomas R Fowler Middle School is a public middle school located in Tigard, Oregon, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 775 students. The school is part of the Tigard-Tualatin School District, which is ranked 37 out of 140 school districts in Oregon and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Thomas R Fowler Middle School performs generally lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with proficiency rates in the 30-40% range. Compared to nearby schools in the same district, the school lags behind Hazelbrook Middle School and Twality Middle School, which have higher proficiency rates. However, the school's performance is better than some other nearby schools, such as Mountain View Middle School in the Beaverton School District, which has significantly lower proficiency rates.

The school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with White and Gifted and Talented students performing better than the school's overall average, while Asian, Hispanic, English Language Learner, and Low Socioeconomic Status students tend to perform below the school's overall average. The school's consistent 3-star rating from SchoolDigger suggests that its performance has been relatively stable over the years, and the school could potentially learn from the practices of higher-performing nearby schools to address the performance gaps between different student subgroups.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 10865 SW Walnut St
       Tigard, OR  97223-4099


(503) 431-5000

District: Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J

SchoolDigger Rank:
153rd of 371 Oregon Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,939 Help


Students who attend Thomas R Fowler Middle School usually attend:

High:    Tigard High School

Feeder schools for Thomas R Fowler Middle School:

Elementary:    Charles F Tigard Elementary School
    Mary Woodward Elementary School
    Metzger Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.5 Help
Number of students:  775

Racial breakdown:

White:
53.9%
Hispanic:
27.2%
Two or more races:
9.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  33.9% Help


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Compare Details Thomas R Fowler Middle School ranks better than 58.8% of middle schools in Oregon. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked middle schools in the Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.34. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Thomas R Fowler Middle School has the smallest middle school student body size in the Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J. Racial makeup is: White (53.9%), Hispanic (27.2%), two or more races (9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 33.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Thomas R Fowler Middle School is 17.5. 1 middle schools in the Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Thomas R Fowler Middle School is $17,939, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Thomas R Fowler Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Thomas R Fowler Middle School 153rd of 371 Oregon public middle schools. (See Thomas R Fowler Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J:

SchoolDigger ranks Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J 37th of 140 Oregon school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Thomas R Fowler Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 69.00 70th 270 74.1%
2005 64.04 83rd 271 69.4%
2006 64.64 87th 285 69.5%
2007 68.06 70th 295 76.3%
2008 50.24 158th 315 49.8%
2009 55.47 146th 323 54.8%
2010 65.39 100th 343 70.8%
2011 66.54 107th 357 70.0%
2012 61.35 144th 395 63.5%
2013 54.25 174th 377 53.8%
2014 56.07 168th 382 56.0%
2015 69.33 95th 381 75.1%
2016 68.39 94th 383 75.5%
2017 73.75 75th 382 80.4%
2018 64.30 118th 384 69.3%
2019 64.69 110th 379 71.0%
2022 49.65 162nd 367 55.9%
2023 53.14 151st 380 60.3%
2024 51.34 153rd 371 58.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.58 32nd 137 76.6%
2019 61.95 40th 115 65.2%
2022 56.47 38th 110 65.5%
2023 50.05 45th 114 60.5%
2024 39.91 74th 125 40.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.07 31st 46 32.6%
2019 40.71 18th 29 37.9%
2024 26.72 21st 22 4.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.00 183rd 206 11.2%
2019 30.73 104th 156 33.3%
2022 34.70 94th 143 34.3%
2023 43.13 67th 150 55.3%
2024 53.99 49th 153 68.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.64 250th 325 23.1%
2019 32.32 200th 282 29.1%
2022 50.05 159th 364 56.3%
2023 28.68 229th 312 26.6%
2024 20.47 223rd 244 8.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 52.05 5th 21 76.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.60 98th 342 71.3%
2019 57.96 111th 277 59.9%
2022 52.41 124th 310 60.0%
2023 54.72 122nd 323 62.2%
2024 49.29 140th 313 55.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.13 3rd 42 92.9%
2022 69.85 25th 93 73.1%
2023 70.86 28th 103 72.8%
2024 56.97 49th 103 52.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.35 107th 341 68.6%
2019 59.67 109th 291 62.5%
2022 48.02 146th 312 53.2%
2023 54.04 122nd 318 61.6%
2024 51.26 132nd 323 59.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.44 31st 61 49.2%
2019 84.06 5th 39 87.2%
2022 26.21 32nd 41 22.0%
2023 38.89 26th 42 38.1%
2024 44.92 22nd 39 43.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.01 6th 40 85.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.58 136th 210 35.2%
2019 35.98 124th 191 35.1%
2022 30.21 138th 194 28.9%
2023 48.40 83rd 201 58.7%
2024 50.15 74th 196 62.2%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 30.97 4th 5 20.0%
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Rank History for White students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OR State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.22 86th 357 75.9%
2019 75.94 64th 344 81.4%
2022 61.93 107th 355 69.9%
2023 63.22 98th 360 72.8%
2024 60.11 117th 349 66.5%
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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Enrollment information for Thomas R Fowler Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 611 3 30 14 1 n/a n/a 0 659
1989 716 3 22 15 1 n/a n/a 0 757
1990 780 5 16 10 0 n/a n/a 0 811
1991 851 13 29 20 1 n/a n/a 0 914
1992 921 15 37 25 1 n/a n/a 0 999
1993 694 10 40 26 2 n/a n/a 0 772
1994 695 6 43 29 2 n/a n/a 0 775
1995 742 8 55 36 2 n/a n/a 0 843
1996 742 8 55 36 2 n/a n/a 0 843
1997 749 12 55 58 0 n/a n/a 0 874
1998 754 18 57 59 0 n/a n/a 0 888
1999 795 20 67 50 2 n/a n/a 0 934
2000 792 21 65 70 3 n/a n/a 0 951
2001 814 22 75 86 5 n/a n/a 0 1002
2002 730 15 77 84 5 n/a n/a 0 911
2003 730 15 77 84 5 n/a n/a 0 911
2004 674 21 82 93 5 n/a n/a 0 875
2005 675 16 95 138 5 n/a n/a 0 929
2006 677 34 86 136 9 n/a n/a 0 942
2007 641 22 74 151 7 n/a n/a 15 910
2008 613 25 75 159 11 n/a n/a 19 902
2009 587 17 69 157 4 n/a n/a 40 874
2010 582 17 76 170 7 n/a n/a 35 887
2011 526 19 78 154 4 6 35 0 822
2012 522 15 74 163 3 6 42 0 825
2013 498 7 64 167 3 9 51 0 799
2014 471 10 63 193 2 9 55 0 803
2015 479 16 55 185 4 11 65 0 815
2016 479 17 53 181 4 10 61 0 805
2017 482 18 45 182 5 13 57 0 802
2018 473 17 45 186 7 8 63 0 799
2019 486 11 39 225 3 10 60 0 834
2020 474 13 45 236 2 16 69 0 855
2021 463 17 41 234 0 18 64 2 839
2022 424 14 36 215 1 19 52 5 766
2023 418 16 29 211 1 21 70 9 775

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Thomas R Fowler Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 659 40.1 16.4 9.9
1989 757 45.4 16.6 9.2
1990 811 47.4 17.1 7
1991 914 53.5 17.0 7.5
1992 999 46.8 21.3 7.8
1993 772 44.6 17.3 12.8
1994 775 40.6 19.1 10.7
1995 843 41.0 20.6 11.4
1996 843 41.0 20.6 11.4
1997 874 44.8 19.5 14.2
1998 888 38.5 23.1 11.6
1999 934 47.3 19.7 17.7
2000 951 49.7 19.1 13.5
2001 1002 52.2 19.2 16
2002 911 45.9 19.8 21.5
2003 911 45.9 19.8 21.5
2004 875 41.5 21.1 23.5
2005 929 43.1 21.6 23.1
2006 942 46.0 20.5 25.5
2007 910 40.0 22.8 32
2008 902 45.2 20.0 29.7
2009 874 46.8 18.7 38.4
2010 887 43.2 20.5 38.6
2011 822 42.4 19.3 36.6
2012 825 37.7 21.8 41.5
2013 799 34.9 22.8 43.7
2014 803 33.2 24.1 44.5
2015 815 39.0 20.8 39.5
2016 805 42.0 19.1 38.5
2017 802 42.2 18.9 35.3
2018 799 39.1 20.4 32.9
2019 834 39.3 21.2 32.5
2020 855 40.0 21.3 33.9
2021 839 41.3 20.2 n/a
2022 766 42.3 18.0 n/a
2023 775 44.1 17.5 33.9

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 Thomas R Fowler Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 659 40.1 16.4 9.9
1989 757 45.4 16.6 9.2
1990 811 47.4 17.1 7
1991 914 53.5 17.0 7.5
1992 999 46.8 21.3 7.8
1993 772 44.6 17.3 12.8
1994 775 40.6 19.1 10.7
1995 843 41.0 20.6 11.4
1996 843 41.0 20.6 11.4
1997 874 44.8 19.5 14.2
1998 888 38.5 23.1 11.6
1999 934 47.3 19.7 17.7
2000 951 49.7 19.1 13.5
2001 1002 52.2 19.2 16
2002 911 45.9 19.8 21.5
2003 911 45.9 19.8 21.5
2004 875 41.5 21.1 23.5
2005 929 43.1 21.6 23.1
2006 942 46.0 20.5 25.5
2007 910 40.0 22.8 32
2008 902 45.2 20.0 29.7
2009 874 46.8 18.7 38.4
2010 887 43.2 20.5 38.6
2011 822 42.4 19.3 36.6
2012 825 37.7 21.8 41.5
2013 799 34.9 22.8 43.7
2014 803 33.2 24.1 44.5
2015 815 39.0 20.8 39.5
2016 805 42.0 19.1 38.5
2017 802 42.2 18.9 35.3
2018 799 39.1 20.4 32.9
2019 834 39.3 21.2 32.5
2020 855 40.0 21.3 33.9
2021 839 41.3 20.2 n/a
2022 766 42.3 18.0 n/a
2023 775 44.1 17.5 33.9

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 Thomas R Fowler Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $13,975
2020 $13,581
2021 $14,423
2022 $17,939

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

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 110th of 379 Middle schoolsRanks 151st of 380 Middle schools
 10.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Thomas R Fowler Middle School)53.544
 9.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J)61.746.3
 15.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon)51.541
 10.5%
6th Grade Mathematics (Thomas R Fowler Middle School)4424.6
 19.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J)47.930.6
 17.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Oregon)37.128.1
 9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Thomas R Fowler Middle School)59.447.7
 11.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J)62.647.4
 15.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon)54.943.8
 11.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Thomas R Fowler Middle School)50.730.8
 19.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J)51.430.7
 20.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Oregon)40.129.6
 10.5%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Thomas R Fowler Middle School)56.446.4
 10%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J)60.442.2
 18.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Oregon)53.241.9
 11.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Thomas R Fowler Middle School)5335.7
 17.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J)46.228.5
 17.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Oregon)38.325.5
 12.8%
8th Grade Science (Thomas R Fowler Middle School)42.728.8
 13.9%
   8th Grade Science (Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J)39.626.4
 13.2%
   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 Students834775
 7.1%
African American1116
 45.5%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian3929
 25.6%
Hispanic225211
 6.2%
Pacific Islander1021
 110%
White486418
 14%
Two or More Races6070
 16.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients32.5%33.9%
 1.4%


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Students at Thomas R Fowler Middle School are 54% White, 27% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% African American, 1% Not Specified.

Thomas R Fowler Middle School ranks 153rd of 371 Oregon middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 775 students attended Thomas R Fowler Middle School.

Students who attend Thomas R Fowler Middle School usually go on to attend Tigard High School


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