Summary:
Greater Albany Public School District 8J in Albany, Oregon is home to four middle schools — Timber Ridge School, Calapooia Middle School, Memorial Middle School, and North Albany Middle School — serving 2,265 students in total. Three of the four cover grades 6–8, while Timber Ridge covers grades 3–8, which means its all-grade scores include elementary students and aren't perfectly comparable. The district overall is ranked 50 of 141 (65th percentile, 3 stars), but results vary widely from school to school.
North Albany Middle School is the clearest standout: ranked 49 of 371 schools (87th percentile, 4 stars) and a 4-star school in all three years shown, it also has the highest all-grade ELA (62.2%) and math (48.1%) and the lowest chronic absenteeism (24.2%), well below the district's 34.8% and the state's 33.5%. Timber Ridge School is the second standout (94 of 371, 75th percentile, 4 stars), with the top all-grade science score (42.5%) and strong 7th- and 8th-grade ELA (64.6% and 64.2%); its 6th-grade math is 19.8%, below the district's 25.1% and the state's 29.7%.
Calapooia Middle School and Memorial Middle School both rank below the state median (201 of 371 and 218 of 371, each 2 stars) and have the highest chronic absenteeism (38.3% and 36.5%). Calapooia has the lowest all-grade math (21.5%), while Memorial has the lowest ELA (38.0%) and science (28.1%). Math is the biggest dividing line: North Albany and Timber Ridge exceed district and state math results, while Calapooia and Memorial fall below both. Free/reduced lunch rates are nearly identical across all four schools (75.57%–76.86%), and per-student spending and student-teacher ratios don't line up neatly with outcomes, so those factors alone don't explain the differences. Both Calapooia and Memorial improved from 1 star to 2 stars in 2025–2026 but remain below the 50th percentile.
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