Middle Schools in Gervais School District 1

Summary:

Gervais School District 1 in Oregon is home to a single middle school, Gervais Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's performance has declined in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 287 out of 371 Oregon middle schools in 2023-2024 to 220 out of 368 in 2024-2025, and a rating of only 2 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger.

Gervais Middle School faces several challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 34.3% in the 2023-2024 school year, significantly above the state average. The school's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally below the state and Gervais School District 1 averages. For example, in 2024-2025, the percentage of 8th-grade students proficient or better in OSAS/Science was only 13.3%, compared to the district average of 15.6% and the state average of 27.2%. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students (76.63%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

Despite the school's challenges, it does have a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 16:1, which is generally considered a positive factor for student learning. However, the school's relatively high spending per student for the 2022-2023 school year, at $19,022, suggests that the school may need to re-evaluate how it is allocating its resources to better support student learning and address the issues it is facing.

District Detail

290 First St
Gervais, OR 97026

(503) 792-3803

SchoolDigger Rank:
93^rd of 140 Oregon districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,247

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				OSAS English Language Arts (2025)			OSAS Mathematics (2025)			OSAS Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 6th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 7th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 8th Grade	OSAS Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Gervais Middle School	Public	6-8	300 Douglas Ave	Gervais	97026	Marion County	Gervais School District 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 792-3803	198	13	15.4	102.0%	55 (27.8%)	0 (0.0%)	139 (70.2%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	36.6	220^th of 368 public middle schools	40.2%		24.5	287^th of 371 public middle schools	22.6%	67	40.0	54.2	36.7	18.6	23.6	18.3	13.3	$19,022	$1,428	$17,594

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.

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