Summary:
ZIP code 97146 (Warrenton, Oregon) is served by exactly one middle school — Warrenton Middle School — which teaches grades 6 through 8 to 228 students and is part of Warrenton-Hammond School District 30, a district ranked in the top 37% of Oregon districts (52nd of 141, 3 stars). Because it is the only middle-grade building in the ZIP, every local family's middle-school experience runs through this one school, and its grade-level results match the district's exactly.
The school's biggest story is momentum. It rose from the 32nd percentile of Oregon middle schools in 2023-24 to the 34th in 2024-25 and the 50th percentile in 2025-26, a 68-position climb that also lifted its rating from 2 stars to 3. Science is the bright spot: 34.4% of students were proficient, above the state's 30.6% and 6.7 points above the state at the 8th-grade level. Seventh and 8th graders both hit exactly 50% proficiency in English language arts, beating the state, though 6th-grade ELA sits at 29.5% — 12.3 points below the state — the largest internal gap in the data. Math is the consistent weakness, ranging from 22.2% to 27.4% across grades 6–8 and landing 5.9 to 7.8 points below the state at every grade.
Some context is worth weighing. Chronic absenteeism stands at 37.9%, above the state's 33.5% but slightly better than the district's 38.5%, so it is a district-wide pattern that may partly explain the flat math and 6th-grade ELA results. Resources look favorable: $17,876 spent per student, a 15.2:1 student-teacher ratio (roughly 15 teachers), and 42.11% of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch. Overall, this is a rising, mid-pack Oregon middle school — strong in science and upper-grade ELA, clearly behind in math — making math support and the 6th-grade ELA dip the two areas parents should watch most closely.
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