Astoria Middle School

Astoria Middle School is a public middle school serving 454 students in grades 6–8 in coastal Astoria, Oregon, as part of Astoria School District 1, which ranks 81st of 141 Oregon districts.

For 2025–2026, Astoria Middle School ranked 199th of 371 Oregon middle schools—46th percentile with 2 stars—placing it slightly below the state median but between nearby Warrenton Middle School (184th, 50th percentile, 3 stars) and Seaside Middle School (247th, 33rd percentile, 2 stars). The school has rebounded from 2022–2024, when it was around the 29th percentile, though it remains below its 2014–2015 standing at the 70th percentile. A notable strength is attendance: its 2024–2025 chronic absenteeism rate was 28.6%, lower than Oregon’s 33.5%, Warrenton Middle School’s 37.9%, and Seaside Middle School’s 40.4%, despite Astoria Middle School’s high and rising free/reduced-lunch rate. In academics, Astoria Middle School’s all-grade math proficiency (27.6%) is below Oregon’s 32.9% but higher than Warrenton Middle School’s (24.2%) and Seaside Middle School’s (22.7%); ELA and science are also below state averages, with ELA just behind Warrenton Middle School and ahead of Seaside Middle School, and science above Seaside Middle School but below Warrenton Middle School.

Grade-level results are uneven: 7th-grade math is a bright spot at 35.5%, above the state and both nearby schools, while 7th-grade ELA is a weakness at 37.0%, below the state and both peers. The school also has lower per-student spending ($16,056) and a higher student-teacher ratio (19.7) than Warrenton Middle School and Seaside Middle School, a resource challenge to watch. Subgroup results are mixed but show strong relative outcomes for special education students (84th percentile) and low-income students (81st percentile), whose results have improved sharply, even as some other groups rank lower. Overall, Astoria Middle School is larger and higher-poverty than nearby peers yet has better attendance and relative math results, though it still trails state averages in all tested subjects overall.