Middle Schools in Woodburn School District 103

Woodburn School District 103 has two middle schools serving grades 6–8 — Valor Middle School (591 students) and French Prairie Middle School (551 students) — together enrolling 1,142 students in this Woodburn-area district, which ranks 139th of 141 Oregon districts with 0 stars.

Both schools sit near the bottom of Oregon middle schools, but Valor Middle School is the stronger of the two. Valor ranks 356th of 371 statewide (4th percentile, 0 stars) versus French Prairie's 364th of 371 (2nd percentile, 0 stars). Valor leads in all-grade English Language Arts (19.1% vs. 18.6%) and math (8.8% vs. 6.0%), and holds the highest single scores in the data set: 8th-grade ELA at 23.5% and 8th-grade math at 13.6%. Valor also has lower chronic absenteeism (33.0% vs. 37.0%), a lower free/reduced-price lunch rate (73.43% vs. 78.77%), lower per-student spending ($20,246 vs. $21,567), and a lower student-teacher ratio (17.0 vs. 17.8).

Proficiency at both schools falls well below state averages in every core subject — ELA 43.8%, math 32.9%, science 30.6% statewide. French Prairie Middle School has narrow bright spots: 6th-grade ELA at 21.5% (above Valor's 14.4%) and 8th-grade science at 6.9% (above Valor's 5.2%). But its ELA and math scores decline by grade, with 8th-grade ELA at 14.8% and 8th-grade math at 5.0%, while Valor's rise by grade. Parents should note the two schools' different grade-level trends and that higher spending at French Prairie does not correspond to higher achievement.