Best Public Schools in Weston, OR

Weston, Oregon has just one listed public school: Weston Middle School, a grades 5–8 middle school with 187 students in the Athena-Weston School District 29RJ. Because it is the only school in the Weston listing, the most useful comparisons are between this school and its district and Oregon statewide averages, along with its own multi-year trend. The school serves a high-poverty population — 74.33% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and per-student spending is $21,394, which implies roughly $4.0 million in total spending for 187 students. The student-teacher ratio is 14:1, implying about 13–14 teachers.

Academically, Weston Middle School performs above the state in English Language Arts and Mathematics. All-grade ELA proficiency is 52.4%, compared with 49.2% in the district and 43.8% statewide — 8.6 percentage points above state. All-grade math is 35.9%, versus 35.3% district and 32.9% state, or 3.0 points above state. Science is the exception: 28.8% proficient versus 30.6% statewide, 1.8 points below the state line. Chronic absenteeism is a clear strength at 17.2%, well below the district’s 27.8% and the state’s 33.5% — roughly half the state rate. Those results are notable given the high poverty indicator, since absenteeism is often linked to lower achievement.

Grade-level results show where the school is strongest and where it needs attention. Grades 6 and 7 ELA are both 12.5 points above state, grade 5 math is 8.8 points above, and grade 5 science is 35.3% versus 30.8% statewide. Grade 8 is the weakest band: ELA is 41.9%, only 0.4 points above state; math is 29.0%, 1.0 point below state; and science is 21.9%, 5.8 points below state. Rankings have been stable, moving from 121st to 118th of roughly 370 schools with 3 stars and a 68th percentile position; the district ranks 40th of 141 with 4 stars, a separate ranking universe. Overall, the school is a consistent above-state performer in ELA and math, held back mainly by 8th-grade science and math.