Summary:
ZIP code 97101 covers Amity, Oregon, and contains just one middle school: Amity Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 168 students — roughly 56 per grade. Because it is the only middle school in Amity School District 4J, grade-level school and district figures are identical; this school is the district's middle grades. With only about 56 students per grade, one student shifts a grade-level rate by nearly 2 points, so small differences should be read with caution.
Academically, the brightest spot is 8th grade ELA at 49.1% proficiency, beating Oregon's 41.5% by 7.6 points; 8th grade science (28.3%) also edges the state (27.7%). The sharpest concern is 7th grade ELA at 29.2% against the state's 45.3% — a 16.1-point shortfall, the largest gap in the record. ELA across grades runs 36.0% (6th), 29.2% (7th), 49.1% (8th), an isolated 7th-grade valley. Math is the schoolwide weakness: 23.3% overall versus 32.9% statewide, trailing the state at every grade level — 9.4 points under in both 6th and 7th, and 3.1 points under in 8th. About three in four students are not meeting the math standard.
On context, chronic absenteeism is 27.8%, better than Oregon's 33.5%, even though 64.88% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Resources are generous: $19,028 per student with a 13.6:1 student–teacher ratio (about 12 teachers). Statewide rank improved from 267th of 368 (1 star) in 2024–25 to 230th of 371 (2 stars) in 2025–26 — the 38th percentile, up 37 places but still below the median. In short, this is a small, well-funded, high-poverty school that beats the state on attendance and on 8th grade ELA and science, while trailing in math at every grade and showing a pronounced 7th-grade ELA dip.
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