Summary:
There is one middle school in La Grande School District 1: La Grande Middle School, which serves grades 6–8, enrolls 480 students, and is located at 1108 4th St in La Grande, Oregon. Because it is the only middle school in the district, the most useful comparisons are between this school and the district and state averages. The district overall is ranked 70th of 141 Oregon districts, at the 50th percentile with 3 stars, while the middle school itself has held a steady 2-star rating over the past three years, placing it around the middle to lower-middle of Oregon middle schools.
Academically, the school's strongest area is English Language Arts. All-grade ELA proficiency is 42.5%, just above the district's 41.9% and only 1.3 percentage points below the state's 43.8%. Sixth grade ELA is a clear bright spot at 45.3%, which is 3.5 percentage points above the state's 41.8%, and 8th grade ELA (41.4%) is essentially level with the state. Math and science are weaker: all-grade math is 26.5% versus 32.9% statewide, and science is 22.8% versus 30.6%. The math gap widens as students move up, from 1.8 points below the state in 6th grade to 6.3 points below in 8th grade, and 8th grade science trails the state by 4.9 points.
Attendance is a relative strength: chronic absenteeism is 29.0%, lower than the district's 31.0% and the state's 33.5%. The school serves a high-poverty population, with 63.75% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, and spends $17,014 per student with a student-teacher ratio of 18.5. Parents should see this as a school performing near state norms in reading, with noticeably better attendance than average, while math and science — particularly in 7th and 8th grade — remain the areas most in need of improvement.
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