Middle Schools in Newberg School District 29J

Middle Schools located in Newberg School District 29J include two schools serving grades 6–8—Mountain View Middle School (enrollment 507) and Chehalem Valley Middle School (enrollment 422)—for a combined 929 students in a district ranked 20th of 141 Oregon districts, in the 86th percentile with 4 stars. Chehalem Valley is the academic standout: its 2025–2026 rank is 72 of 371 schools, 81st percentile, 4 stars, and it exceeds district and state averages in ELA (48.7% vs. 47.8% and 43.8%), math (48.0% vs. 42.2% and 32.9%), and science (39.8% vs. 35.0% and 30.6%). Mountain View ranks 171 of 371, 54th percentile, 3 stars, and trails the district in ELA, math, and science, though it still beats the state in math (35.0% vs. 32.9%) and science (31.4% vs. 30.6%); its main weakness is ELA at 36.4% vs. the state’s 43.8%.

Grade-level results show the same pattern, with some exceptions. The 6th-grade gap is especially wide: Chehalem Valley leads Mountain View by 22.4 points in ELA (52.5% vs. 30.1%) and 19.8 points in math (49.3% vs. 29.5%). However, 7th-grade ELA is the one clear spot where Mountain View beats Chehalem Valley: 46.1% vs. 44.0%, and Mountain View’s score is above both district and state. Chehalem Valley’s math remains its strongest relative subject, including 7th-grade math at 54.8%, which is 21.5 points above the state.

Attendance and resources add important context. Mountain View’s chronic absenteeism is 28.0%, lower than the district’s 29.4%, the state’s 33.5%, and Chehalem Valley’s 32.4%, even though Mountain View has a higher free/reduced-lunch rate (69.43% vs. 49.76%). Chehalem Valley spends $16,695 per student vs. Mountain View’s $15,402, about $1,293 more, while student-teacher ratios are nearly identical (21.4 vs. 21.3). Trends differ too: Chehalem Valley improved from 86th to 72nd in rank and stayed there, while Mountain View slipped from 143rd to 158th to 171st. Overall, Chehalem Valley is the academic standout, while Mountain View’s distinctive strength is lower chronic absenteeism despite serving a higher-poverty population.