Summary:
Hood River County School District serves two middle schools, Hood River Middle School and WyEast Middle School, both covering grades 6–8 with a combined enrollment of 872 students in this Hood River–area district.
The two schools sit at opposite ends of the performance range. Hood River Middle School holds a 4-star rating and ranks 54th of 371 Oregon middle schools (85th percentile), scoring above the district and state in all three tested subjects: 59.1% proficient in English Language Arts, 44.2% in math, and 48.4% in science. WyEast Middle School holds a 1-star rating and ranks 280th of 371 (25th percentile), scoring below the district and state everywhere: 33.1% in ELA, 19.2% in math, and 17.5% in science. That leaves gaps of 26.0 points in ELA, 25.0 in math, and 30.9 in science between them.
What makes the contrast notable is how similar the two schools are otherwise. Free/reduced-price lunch is nearly identical (70.72% at Hood River Middle School vs. 70.8% at WyEast Middle School), and so is chronic absenteeism (33.0% vs. 32.8%, both near the state's 33.5%). Yet WyEast Middle School spends more per student ($22,157 vs. $19,983) and has a smaller student-teacher ratio (15.2 vs. 16.6). Both schools have improved their state rank over three years, but the gap remains wide, and Hood River County School District's above-average district rating (46th of 141, 3 stars) reflects a blend of one top-tier and one bottom-quartile middle school.
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