Summary:
Phoenix-Talent School District 4 contains just one middle school, Talent Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 at 102 Christian Ave in Talent, Oregon, with 485 students. Because it is the only middle-level school in the district, it alone defines how the area's middle schools are performing.
On 2025–2026 state tests, 29.0% of Talent Middle School students met standards in English language arts, 18.2% in math, and 21.7% in science. All three trail the district (36.9%, 25.4%, 23.9%) and the state (43.8%, 32.9%, 30.6%), with math the weakest area at roughly 15 percentage points below the state. 6th-grade ELA, at 27.4% versus the district's 26.7%, is the only tested grade and subject where the school edges out the district, and 8th-grade science at 21.7% matches the district exactly. Results generally improve as students move up: ELA rises from 27.4% in 6th grade to 30.2% in 8th, and math from 14.2% to 23.1%.
Chronic absenteeism stands at 33.0%, better than the district's 35.8% and slightly better than the state's 33.5%, though it still means about one in three students misses significant school time. Per-student spending is $23,201 with a student-teacher ratio of 18.3; the data set provides no district or state spending comparison, so it is hard to judge either figure against peers. The reported free/reduced lunch rate of 102.27% is not a valid percentage and should not be read literally, though it hints at high economic need. The school remains a 1-star school, ranked 292nd of 371 middle schools (21st percentile), an improvement from 333rd of 371 in 2023–2024 but still in the bottom quartile.
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