Claggett Creek Middle School

Claggett Creek Middle School is a grades 6–8 school in Keizer, Oregon, serving 798 students as part of Salem-Keizer School District 24J.

On 2025–26 state assessments, Claggett Creek trails both its district and the state in every core subject: 32.5% of students met standards in English language arts, 23.6% in math, and 17.3% in science, compared with 43.8%, 32.9%, and 30.6% statewide. The school ranks 267th of 371 Oregon middle schools (28th percentile, 1 star), and its district ranks 105th of 141. There is some good news: the school climbed from the 13th percentile in 2023–24 to the 28th percentile in each of the last two years, and chronic absenteeism fell from 52.5% in 2020–21 to 43.8% in 2024–25. Still, that absenteeism rate is well above the state's 33.5%, and 88.22% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Per-student spending is $18,672, lower than nearby regular district middle schools, with a student-teacher ratio of 21.5.

Compared with nearby schools, Claggett Creek sits in the lower-middle. It outperforms Waldo Middle School, Stephens Middle School, and Houck Middle School, is roughly comparable to Parrish Middle School, and trails Whiteaker Middle School, Walker Middle School, Straub Middle School, and Leslie Middle School, all with similar free-lunch rates. Science is a relative bright spot: 17.3% proficiency edges Whiteaker's 17.0% and far exceeds Parrish, Stephens, Waldo, and Houck, though it is still 13.3 points below the state. Attendance is a clear divider, with higher-performing neighbors such as Whiteaker (29.7%) and Straub (31.1%) reporting far less chronic absenteeism. Seventh grade is the strongest cohort; 6th and 8th grades lag more. Subgroup results are uneven: special education students and migrant students rank well, while female students and gifted and talented students rank in the bottom quarter of the state.