Summary:
Colton School District 53 has just one middle school, Colton Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 110 students in Colton, Oregon. Because it is the only middle school in the district, there is no other local school to compare it against — its results are the district's middle-level results. For outside context, the district itself ranks 98th of 141 in Oregon, at the 30th percentile with 2 stars.
Academically, the picture is mixed. The clearest bright spot is 6th-grade math, where 32% of students are proficient — above the district's 28.6% and the state's 29.7%. That is the only grade and subject where the school beats both benchmarks. Elsewhere, results lag: overall ELA is 35.6% versus 37.7% district and 43.8% state, and 7th-grade math is 27.3%. The biggest concern is 8th-grade math, where proficiency falls to 6.9% — down sharply from 7th grade and well below the district's 9.7% and the state's 30%. Science is the lowest subject overall at 6.3%, far under the district's 22.1% and the state's 30.6%, though the school's 8th-grade science rate of 6.3% is slightly above the district's 8th-grade rate of 5.9% but far below the state's 27.7%.
The school's state ranking improved from 309th of 368 (16th percentile) in 2024–2025 to 270th of 371 (27th percentile) in 2025–2026, yet it still earns 1 star and sits below the district's 30th percentile. Chronic absenteeism is 31.1%, slightly above the district's 30.9% but better than the state's 33.5% — roughly three in ten students miss enough school to matter. About 66.36% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the school spends $18,196 per student with a 17:1 student-teacher ratio. In short: one real strength in 6th-grade math, modest ranking progress, but serious gaps in 8th-grade math, science, and overall proficiency.
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