Summary
Hood River Middle School is a public middle school in Hood River, Oregon, serving grades 6–8 with 461 students as part of the Hood River County School District, which ranks 46th of 141 Oregon districts (67th percentile). The school itself performs well above its district: in 2025–2026 it ranked 54th of 371 Oregon middle schools — 85th percentile and a 4-star rating — its highest rank in the past five years, following steady results of 80, 82, 81, and 80 percentiles.
Compared with nearby schools, the differences are large. WyEast Middle School, in the same district, and The Dalles Middle School, part of North Wasco County School District 21, are both 1-star schools in the bottom quarter statewide. On 2025–2026 state tests, Hood River Middle's all-grades proficiency was 59.1% in English language arts, 44.2% in math, and 48.4% in science — roughly 25 to 31 percentage points above both neighbors and above district and state averages in every subject. Notably, WyEast spends about $2,174 more per student and has smaller classes, and the two schools reported nearly identical economically disadvantaged rates, so spending and class size alone don't explain the gap.
Two areas are worth watching. First, 7th-grade math is the academic soft spot: 35.6% proficient, only slightly above the state's 33.3% and the district's 32.4%, though still ahead of nearby schools. Second, special education is the clearest equity gap, with the school's effectiveness ranking at the 46th percentile (2 stars), consistently below the state median. On the positive side, effectiveness for Hispanic students rose from the 28th to the 72nd percentile and for low-income students from the 31st to the 83rd since 2023–2024. Chronic absenteeism, at 33.0% in 2024–2025, is slightly above the district's 29.0% but similar to WyEast and The Dalles — a shared regional challenge rather than a distinguishing factor.
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