Summary:
Middle Schools in Gresham-Barlow School District 10J consist of four schools serving grades 6–8 — Gordon Russell Middle School, Clear Creek Middle School, Dexter McCarty Middle School, and West Orient Middle School — enrolling 2,114 students in total, an average of 529 per school (range 383–633). The district is ranked 114th of 141 Oregon districts, the 19th percentile with 1 star, and that context applies to each school here.
West Orient Middle School is the standout, with the highest all-grade proficiency in English Language Arts (33.4%), math (24.0%), and science (20.3%) in the group, the best 2025–2026 rank at 254th of 371 (32nd percentile, 2 stars), and 2 stars in each of the last three years. It is the smallest school at 383 students and has the highest student-teacher ratio at 19.9, yet its chronic absenteeism of 26.7% is well below the district's 40.3% and the state's 33.5%. Dexter McCarty Middle School has strong ELA (38.5%, above the district's 32.3%) and bright grade-level spots such as 7th-grade ELA at 47.8% and 7th-grade math at 28.4%, but its science falls to 7.7% and its 8th-grade ELA and math drop to 23.8% and 11.3%.
Clear Creek Middle School has the lowest outcomes — ELA 20.8%, math 10.5%, science 8.3%, rank 352nd of 371 (5th percentile, 0 stars) — and the highest absenteeism at 39.7%. Gordon Russell Middle School, the largest at 633 students and lowest spending at $18,389, posts ELA 24.6%, math 14.0%, science 14.3%, and 37.5% absenteeism. Despite similar poverty rates (82.3%–83.57%) and spending ($18,389–$20,281), outcomes vary widely. Two shared weaknesses stand out: science, where the four-school average is 12.7% and Clear Creek and Dexter McCarty are under 10%; and 8th-grade ELA, which falls sharply in every school.
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