Summary:
Fern Ridge School District 28J in Oregon has only one middle school, Fern Ridge Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 16:1, its overall performance and ranking within the state are not particularly strong, with a 3-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger and a ranking of 177 out of 368 Oregon middle schools in the 2024-2025 school year.
Fern Ridge Middle School's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics are generally below the state averages, with some exceptions. In 2024-2025, the school's ELA proficiency rates ranged from 40.4% for 6th grade to 49% for 8th grade, compared to the state averages of 41.7% to 41.6%. In the same year, the school's Mathematics proficiency rates ranged from 15.8% for 8th grade to 33% for 6th grade, compared to the state averages of 28.9% to 29.3%. However, the school's Science proficiency rate for 8th grade in 2024-2025 was 31%, which is higher than the state average of 27.2%.
The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 34.3% in the 2023-2024 school year is relatively high, and 38.54% of its students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the same year. While the school's spending per student was $17,834 in the 2022-2023 school year, its performance and ranking have declined slightly over the past few years, suggesting that there may be room for improvement in the school's curriculum, instructional practices, and attendance-related initiatives.
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