Summary:
ZIP code 97034 is home to exactly one middle school, Lake Oswego Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 with 791 students and belongs to the Lake Oswego School District 7J, a district ranked #2 of 141 in Oregon at the 99th percentile with 5 stars. Because it is the only middle school in the area, this is both a school profile and the complete picture for local middle-school families.
Academically, the school is strong statewide. In 2025–2026 OSAS testing it posted 67.3% proficiency in English language arts, 61.6% in math, and 56.8% in science, compared with state averages of 43.8%, 32.9%, and 30.6% — margins of roughly 19 to 33 percentage points above the state across subjects and grades. One nuance: the school generally sits slightly below its own district's averages (ELA 67.3 vs. 73.3, math 61.6 vs. 65.0, science 56.8 vs. 57.8), except in 8th-grade math, where its 57.5% exceeds the district's 54.1%. ELA proficiency declines by grade, from 71.4% in 6th to 69.9% in 7th to 60.7% in 8th, while math peaks in 7th grade at 64.3%.
Its ranking record is consistently high: 5 stars in each of the last three years, at 21 of 371 schools (94th percentile) in 2025–2026, 7 of 368 (98th percentile) in 2024–2025, and 12 of 371 (97th percentile) in 2023–2024. Chronic absenteeism is 18.2%, nearly matching the district's 18.1% and well below the state's 33.5%. Other context: 15.42% free/reduced lunch, $20,171 per-student spending, and a 15.3 student-teacher ratio. Overall, this is a high-performing, 5-star school that excels statewide while being one of several strong schools in an exceptional district.
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