Summary
Valor Middle School is a grade 6–8 school in Woodburn, Oregon, serving 591 students in Woodburn School District 103, a district ranked near the bottom of Oregon. In 2025–26, Valor Middle School ranked 356th of 371 Oregon middle schools, 4th percentile, 0 stars, and has not risen above the 9th percentile or 0 stars in recent years. Proficiency is very low: 19.1% in English language arts, 8.8% in math, and 5.2% in science, compared with district rates of 19.7%, 9.4%, and 11.3%, and state rates of 43.8%, 32.9%, and 30.6%. The school has high poverty (73.43% free/reduced lunch) and spends $20,246 per student with a 17:1 student-teacher ratio.
Compared with nearby schools, the school’s academics are among the lowest. Its science rate (5.2%) is the lowest in the comparison group, below French Prairie Middle School (6.9%), Gervais Middle School (20.8%), Silverton Middle School (23.5%), and Mt Angel Middle School (28.8%). Math (8.8%) is second-lowest after French Prairie Middle School’s 6.0%, and ELA (19.1%) is slightly above French Prairie Middle School’s 18.6% but below the others. Notably, Mt Angel Middle School has similar poverty (70.3%) but much higher proficiency—ELA 64.7%, math 39.1%, science 28.8%—and lower per-student spending ($18,728). Gervais Middle School also posts much stronger results despite high poverty, suggesting demographics alone do not fully explain the school’s outcomes.
Within Valor Middle School, 8th grade is relatively stronger: ELA is 23.5% and math is 13.6%, both above district rates but far below state rates. Sixth grade is weakest, with ELA at 14.4% and math at 6.4%; 7th-grade ELA is 19.6% and math is 6.8%. The clearest positive trend is chronic absenteeism, which fell from 52.2% in 2021–22 to 33.0% in 2024–25—now below the district’s 36.7% and slightly below the state’s 33.5%. Still, subgroup results are bottom-decile for most reported groups, including special education (189th of 193, 2nd percentile), gifted and talented (103rd of 103, 0 percentile), and low-income students (232nd of 256, 9th percentile). Overall, Valor Middle School is one of Oregon’s lowest-performing middle schools, with particular weakness in science and math, though its improving attendance is a foundation to watch.
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