Middle Schools in Oakland School District 1

Middle Schools in Oakland School District 1 include one school: Oakland Middle School, which serves grades 5–8 in the Oakland, Oregon area and enrolls 191 students. It is the district’s only middle school, so comparisons below are mainly with district and state averages. The school serves a high-poverty population, with 78.53% of students participating in free/reduced lunch, and it is relatively well-resourced for the data shown: per-student spending is $21,149 and the student–teacher ratio is 17.3.

Academically, the school is strongest in English language arts and modestly above average in science, but math is the clear concern. All-grade ELA proficiency is 55.2%, above the district’s 51.1% and the state’s 43.8%. Grade-level ELA results are all above the state, led by 7th grade at 61.0% and 8th grade at 55.8%. Science proficiency is 34.0%, compared with 33.1% in the district and 30.6% statewide. Math, however, is 22.9%, below the district’s 27.6% and the state’s 32.9%. The weakest results are in middle grades: 6th grade math is 17.6% and 7th grade math is 16.9%, while 8th grade math is a bright spot at 32.6%, above the state’s 30.0%.

Attendance is a relative strength: chronic absenteeism is 21.4%, nearly matching the district’s 21.5% and far below the state’s 33.5%, even with high economic need. In rankings, Oakland Middle School is at the 63rd percentile among Oregon middle schools with 3 stars, while Oakland School District 1 overall is at the 74th percentile with 4 stars. The school has held 3 stars for three years, with percentile moving from 66 to 58 to 63. For parents, the takeaway is clear: preserve the strong ELA and science outcomes, and focus extra support on 6th- and 7th-grade math, while maintaining the school’s better-than-state attendance.