Summary:
ZIP code 97058 contains just one public middle school — The Dalles Middle School — which serves grades 6–8 with 513 students as part of North Wasco County School District 21, so families in this area have a single public middle-school option and no other local middle school to compare it against.
The clearest relative strength is attendance: chronic absenteeism is 32.4%, below the district's 39.5% and the state's 33.5%, though it still means roughly one in three students is chronically absent. Seventh grade math is a relative bright spot at 21.2% proficient, slightly above the district's 20.1%, and the school's highest math result by grade. All-grades English language arts stands at 31%, marginally above the district's 30.5%, but still below the state's 43.8%.
Academically, proficiency trails the state in every subject and grade listed. All-grades math is 16.4% versus 32.9% statewide — about half the state rate — with 6th grade math lowest at 13.5%, a gap of 16.2 percentage points. Science is 17.5% school-wide against 30.6% statewide. The school ranked 301 of 371 Oregon middle schools in 2025–2026 (19th percentile, 1 star), consistent with 301 of 371 in 2023–2024 and a slightly better 287 of 368 in 2024–2025 (22nd percentile). Context matters: 99.03% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $17,667, and the student-teacher ratio of 17.1 implies roughly 30 teachers. The district itself ranks 119 of 141 statewide (16th percentile, 1 star), so the school sits slightly above an already low-ranked district.
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