Summary:
ZIP code 97026 — Gervais, in Marion County, Oregon — contains exactly one middle school, Gervais Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8, enrolls 198 students, and is part of Gervais School District 1.
The most encouraging news is the school's three-year climb. Statewide, it ranked 287th of 371 middle schools (23rd percentile, 1 star) in 2023-24, rose to 220th of 368 (40th percentile, 2 stars) in 2024-25, and reached 183rd of 371 (51st percentile, 3 stars) in 2025-26. That is a gain of 104 rank positions and 28 percentile points in two years, moving the school from roughly the bottom quarter of Oregon middle schools to the statewide middle. This progress has been consistent two years running, though only one year of test-score data is included here, so the next score release will show whether proficiency rates confirm the trend.
In 2025-26 English language arts, the school's overall proficiency (44.0%) is essentially level with the state (43.8%), and it beats the state in 7th grade (47.1% vs. 45.3%) and 8th grade (44.4% vs. 41.5%). Math is weaker at 28.4% overall against 32.9% statewide, but improves steadily by grade (24.3% in 6th, 27.5% in 7th, 33.3% in 8th — the last one above the state's 30.0%). Science is the clearest concern: 20.8% proficient versus 30.6% statewide, the largest gap in the data, and it falls at 8th grade, right before students move on to high school. Chronic absenteeism is 28.9%, better than the state's 33.5% but slightly above the district's 27.0%. Per-student spending is $20,129 with a 15.4 student-teacher ratio, and the free/reduced-lunch figure of 102.02% indicates essentially universal eligibility rather than a precise share. Notably, the district ranks 33rd of 141 districts (77th percentile, 4 stars), so the middle school currently sits below its own district's standing.
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