Middle Schools in Sweet Home School District 55

Summary:

The Sweet Home School District 55 in Oregon has only one middle school, Sweet Home Junior High School, which serves students in grades 7-8. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 256 out of 380 Oregon middle schools in 2022-2023 to 289 out of 371 in 2023-2024. Its SchoolDigger rating has also varied, from 2 stars out of 5 in 2022-2023 and 2024-2025 to 1 star out of 5 in 2023-2024.

Academically, Sweet Home Junior High School's performance lags behind the state averages in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's ELA proficiency rates were 38% for 7th grade and 26.2% for 8th grade, compared to the state averages of 44.2% and 41.6%, respectively. The school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 74.87% in 2023-2024, which suggests the school may serve a socioeconomically disadvantaged population.

Additionally, the school has a relatively high per-student spending of $15,404 for the 2022-2023 school year and a student-teacher ratio of 17.6 for 2023-2024, which is slightly higher than the state average. However, these resources do not seem to be translating into improved academic outcomes. The school also faces a significant challenge with chronic absenteeism, with a rate of 34.3% in 2023-2024, which is much higher than the state average.

District Detail

1920 Long St
Sweet Home, OR 97386-2395

(541) 367-7126

SchoolDigger Rank:
74^th of 140 Oregon districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 2,249

Primary Schools: 5
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				OSAS English Language Arts (2025)		OSAS Mathematics (2025)		OSAS Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 7th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 8th Grade	OSAS Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sweet Home Junior High School	Public	7-8	880 22nd Ave	Sweet Home	97386	Linn County	Sweet Home School District 55	No	(n/a)	No	No	(541) 367-7187	358	22	16.4	74.3%	303 (84.6%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.4%)	31.2	257^th of 368 public middle schools	30.2%		24.4	289^th of 371 public middle schools	22.1%	32	38.0	26.2	26.5	24.0	19.3	$15,404	$1,505	$13,899

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lebanon Community School District 9	10.82 mi	9	47^th
Marcola School District 79J	18.86 mi	3	29^th
Central Linn School District 552	20.64 mi	3	77^th
Scio School District 95	21.2 mi	6	45^th
Greater Albany Public School District 8J	23.16 mi	20	65^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.

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