Amity Middle School

Amity Middle School is a small rural school at 503A Oak St in Amity, Oregon, serving about 168 students in grades 6–8 roughly 13 miles west of Salem in Yamhill County, and it is the only middle school in Amity School District 4J.

Academically, the school sits below Oregon averages in English language arts (38.1% proficient vs. 43.8% statewide) and math (23.3% vs. 32.9%), while science (28.3%) comes close to the state's 30.6%. Math is the clearest weak spot: Amity ranks 9th of 11 nearby middle schools and trails the state at every grade level, while science ranks 3rd of 11 in that same group. Amity posts stronger results than Dayton Junior High School, Willamina Middle School, LaCreole Middle School, and Claggett Creek Middle School, but trails Duniway Middle School and Jane Goodall Environmental Middle Charter School.

Two features stand out. First, Amity has the smallest classes in its peer group at 13.6 students per teacher, compared with 16.4 at Willamina and roughly 21–23 at the larger nearby middle schools. Second, its trajectory is improving: its statewide percentile has climbed from 22 (2022–23) to 38 (2025–26), its best showing in about a decade, and chronic absenteeism has dropped to 27.8% — better than Oregon's 33.5%. Its low-income students rank at the 74th percentile with 4 stars, well above the school's overall standing. The main concerns are math across all grades and special education results, which sit at the 7th percentile. Because each grade has only about 55–60 students, a few students can shift percentages by several points.