Middle Schools in Ashland School District 5

There is exactly one middle school in Ashland School District 5 in Oregon — Ashland Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 529 students in Ashland, OR. Because it is the district's only middle school, there are no within-district peers to compare it against, so the most useful benchmarks are the district and state averages. The surrounding Ashland School District 5 is rated 5 stars and ranks 4th of 141 Oregon districts, in the 97th percentile.

Ashland Middle School is a high performer by state standards. In 2025–2026 it ranks 39th of 371 Oregon middle schools — the 89th percentile, or roughly the top 11% — with a 4-star rating, up from 52nd of 368 the year before. Proficiency is well above state averages in every tested subject: 66.7% in English Language Arts versus 43.8% statewide, 51.9% in Math versus 32.9%, and 43.5% in Science versus 30.6%. ELA is the strongest area, peaking at 71.2% in 7th grade. Math is nearly 19 points above the state, though it slides by grade from 57.4% in 6th to 44.9% in 8th.

Against the district, the school is close in ELA (-0.8 points) and Math (-1.6 points) but 5.1 points lower in Science, its clearest relative weak spot. Chronic absenteeism is 32.5%, higher than the district's 29.5% but slightly below the state's 33.5%; about one in three students is chronically absent. With 64.84% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending of $21,358, and a 16.3:1 student-teacher ratio, these figures add context, though without state benchmarks spending and staffing are hard to judge. Note that test scores and rank cover 2025–2026, while absenteeism, lunch, spending, and staffing cover 2024–2025.