Memorial Middle School

Memorial Middle School is a grades 6–8 school in Albany, Oregon, serving 544 students as part of the Greater Albany Public School District 8J, where it holds a 2-star rating and ranks 218th of 371 Oregon middle schools — the 41st percentile.

The school's statewide standing has drifted downward over the past decade, from the 61st percentile and 3 stars in 2015–16 to 41st percentile today, with an uneven recovery since a 2021–22 low. Memorial scores below its own district average in all ten tested subject-and-grade cells and below the state in eight of ten. Math is the deepest deficit at 26.7% proficiency, roughly 6 points under the state; only 8th-grade English language arts (45.3%) and 8th-grade science (28.1%) reach the state average. The most striking comparison is North Albany Middle School, two miles away in the same district: it serves a nearly identical population (75.6% vs. 76.1% economically disadvantaged) with similar class sizes and spending, yet ranks at the 87th percentile with 4 stars and outperforms Memorial by more than 20 points in reading and math. Calapooia Middle School, also in-district, scores higher in reading and science but lower in math. Memorial does clearly outperform Seven Oak Middle School and Jefferson Middle School.

Chronic absenteeism is 36.5%, above both the district (34.8%) and the state (33.5%), and it climbed from 32.1% the year before — a pattern that historically tracks with weaker test results. Gifted-and-talented students are the standout bright spot, ranking in the 65th percentile, while low-income students have landed in the bottom quartile three years running and special-education students also rank in the bottom quartile. Because those groups make up most of the student body, their results largely define the school's overall performance.