Summary:
ZIP code 97227 in Portland, Oregon, is served by a single middle school for grades 6–8: Harriet Tubman Middle School, a 329-student campus in Portland School District 1J. Families in this area therefore have one neighborhood middle-school option, but it is a strong one: in 2025–2026 it ranked 64th of 371 Oregon middle schools, putting it in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars.
Academically, the school outperforms Oregon in every subject and grade reported. All-grade English language arts is 53.1% proficient against 43.8% statewide, math is 47.2% against 32.9%, and science is 38.9% against 30.6%. Grade-level results follow the same pattern, with math a particular strength — 7th grade math sits 19.1 points above the state. The pattern worth understanding is "above state, below district." Portland School District 1J is itself a top-ranked district (12th of 141, 5 stars), and the school's scores trail district averages in ELA, math, and science; only 6th grade math edges above the district average, by 0.5 points. All reported test-score values are exact percentages; none are suppressed or given as ranges.
The school has climbed steadily in the rankings: 169th of 371 in 2023–2024 (54th percentile, 3 stars), 108th in 2024–2025, and 64th in 2025–2026. One caution flag stands out: chronic absenteeism is 36.2%, higher than the district's 32.5% and the state's 33.5%, meaning more than one in three students were chronically absent in 2024–2025. For context, the school reports 41.95% free/reduced lunch participation, $27,057 in per-student spending, and a 13.6:1 student-teacher ratio for 2024–2025.
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