Summary:
Springfield, Oregon has four public middle schools — Hamlin Middle School, Thurston Middle School, Agnes Stewart Middle School, and Briggs Middle School — all serving grades 6–8 within Springfield School District 19, with a combined enrollment of 1,976 students. The district is rated 2 stars, ranked 92nd of 141 districts (35th percentile), but performance across its middle schools varies far more than that single rating suggests, ranging from 0 stars to 4 stars.
Thurston Middle School is the strongest and most improved, ranking 76th of 371 schools (80th percentile, 4 stars), up from 119th three years earlier. It leads in ELA (55.4%) and math (41.2%), has the lowest chronic absenteeism (32.7%), and is the only school above state averages in all three tested subjects. Briggs Middle School ranks 114th (69th percentile, 3 stars) and is the science standout at 40.8%, plus the highest 8th-grade ELA score (56.9%). Briggs posts these results despite a reported 100.48% free/reduced lunch figure and the highest student-teacher ratio (18.8).
Agnes Stewart Middle School (295th, 20th percentile, 1 star) and Hamlin Middle School (336th, 9th percentile, 0 stars) trail both district and state benchmarks. Agnes Stewart has the highest chronic absenteeism (41.3%); Hamlin has the lowest ELA (24.8%), math (12.6%), and science (14.9%) scores. Achievement gaps are wide — Thurston's ELA is 31.6 points above Agnes Stewart's. Math is the weakest subject citywide, and higher absenteeism tracks with lower achievement. Spending and class size do not track cleanly with outcomes: Hamlin spends the least ($21,058) and has the smallest classes, yet ranks lowest.
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