Middle Schools in Crook County School District

Crook County Middle School is the only middle school in the Crook County School District, serving grades 6–8 with 616 students at 100 NE Knowledge St in Prineville, Oregon. Because it is the district's sole middle school, there is no same-level peer group to compare against locally; the meaningful comparisons are to the district aggregate, the state of Oregon, the school's own grade levels, and its three-year ranking history. The school serves a high-poverty population, with 71.75% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, in a district rated 14th of 141 Oregon districts (90th percentile, 5 stars).

Statewide, the school ranks 120 of 371 Oregon middle schools (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26 — solidly above average, though below the district's own 5-star rating. That gap is best explained by district figures spanning all grade levels, including elementary grades; at the grade-level rows, the school is within 0.5–2.2 points of the district in four of seven areas and ahead in two. School-wide, ELA proficiency is 47.8% (4.0 points above the state) and math is 35.5% (2.6 points above). The standout cohort is 8th grade: math proficiency is 45.1%, a striking 15.1 points above the state and 1.9 points above the district, the largest positive gap in the data. Eighth grade ELA is 51.4%, 9.9 points above the state, and 7th grade ELA is 51.9%, 6.6 points above.

Two areas deserve attention. Seventh grade math, at 31.5%, is the only cell below both the state (33.3%) and district (33.0%), and it interrupts an otherwise rising math trajectory (32.9% in 6th, 45.1% in 8th). Sixth grade is the weakest entry point, with ELA just 0.2 points above the state. Science, at 27.9%, trails the state's all-grades figure, but science is tested here only in 8th grade, where the school sits essentially at state parity (27.9% vs. 27.7%). Chronic absenteeism is 32.2% — better than the state's 33.5% but worse than the district's 30.1%. The school spends $18,343 per student with a 15.2:1 student-teacher ratio. State ranking slipped from 4 stars (94th of 371) in 2023–24 to 3 stars in both 2024–25 and 2025–26, with a slight rebound this year.