Summary:
Beaverton School District 48J is home to nine middle schools serving grades 6–8, enrolling 7,167 students, with school sizes ranging from 600 at Highland Park Middle School to 1,069 at Stoller Middle School. The district ranks 19th of 141 in Oregon (87th percentile, 4 stars), and its reported all-grade averages are 53.4% in ELA, 43.7% in math, and 37.7% in science. Because every school shares that same district context, school-level results are what separate them.
Two schools stand far ahead. Stoller Middle School ranks 15th of 371 statewide (96th percentile) with 5 stars and the group's top ELA (72.3%) and math (68.3%) proficiency. Tumwater Middle School ranks 26th (93rd percentile), also 5 stars, and posts the highest science score (58.0%). The next closest, Whitford Middle School, ranks 111th (70th percentile, 4 stars), is above the state in all three subjects, and improved from 141st to 111st over three years. After that, proficiency drops sharply.
At the other end, Mountain View Middle School (320th) and Meadow Park Middle School (311th) both hold 1 star; Mountain View has the lowest math (16.3%) and science (9.5%) results and the highest chronic absenteeism (38.5%), while Meadow Park has the lowest ELA (26.1%). Absenteeism generally tracks achievement, with Stoller (17.2%) and Tumwater (19.5%) lowest. Free/reduced lunch is nearly uniform across all nine schools (50.47%–50.99%), so it does not explain the wide gaps. Spending and staffing also run opposite to results: the top two schools spend the least and have the largest classes.
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