Summary
Hauton B Lee Middle School is a grades 6–8 school in Portland, Oregon, serving 718 students as part of Reynolds School District 7, and it currently ranks 357th of 371 Oregon schools (4th percentile, 0 stars). Its low performance is not a one-year dip: state percentiles have stayed between 0 and 8 for more than a decade, with the lowest point in 2022-2023, when it ranked 380th of 380. Test proficiency is 20.5% in English language arts, 5.9% in math, and 7.3% in science — all below the district and far below the state. Math and science are the lowest among the nearby schools compared here. Within the school, ELA rises by grade: 15.4% in 6th grade, 21.4% in 7th, and 24.2% in 8th, though 8th-grade math is under 5%.
Nearby comparisons are striking. Walt Morey Middle School, in the same district, ranks 220th of 371 (41st percentile, 2 stars) with 40.9% ELA and 24.7% math proficiency — roughly double Lee's ELA rate and several times its math rate. Reynolds Middle School ranks lower (367th, 1st percentile), and Alice Ott Middle School and Floyd Light Middle School rank higher, at 39th and 40th percentile respectively. Chronic absenteeism at Lee is 43.4%, compared with 45.3% for the district and 33.5% for the state — high, but third-highest among nearby schools and improved from 57.7% in 2020-2021.
Per-student spending of $19,799 and a student-teacher ratio of 17 are moderate among nearby schools, so neither stands out as an explanation for the results. Subgroup rankings for female, male, Asian, White, Multi-racial, Special Education, low-income, and Gifted and Talented students generally fall in the bottom few percent statewide, suggesting broad rather than isolated low effectiveness. One relative bright spot: African American students ranked 19th of 30 (37th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025-2026.
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