Middle Schools in Redmond School District 2J

The Redmond School District 2J in Oregon is home to two middle schools: Elton Gregory Middle School and Obsidian Middle School. While both schools are performing reasonably well, Obsidian Middle School appears to be the stronger performer, consistently ranking higher in the statewide school digger rankings and outperforming Elton Gregory Middle School in English Language Arts and mathematics proficiency rates.

Obsidian Middle School's 8th-grade students have significantly higher mathematics proficiency rates (36.1%) compared to Elton Gregory Middle School (21.1%) and the district (26%) and state (28.9%) averages. Additionally, Obsidian Middle School has a lower student-teacher ratio of 18.3, compared to Elton Gregory Middle School's 20.5. However, both schools face challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates, which may be an area for the district to focus on.

While Obsidian Middle School has a higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (67.87%) compared to Elton Gregory Middle School (59.06%), indicating a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students, the school's slightly higher spending per student ($14,526 vs. $14,125) may be a contributing factor to its better performance. Overall, the data suggests that Obsidian Middle School is the stronger performer of the two schools in the Redmond School District 2J.