Summary:
ZIP code 97266 has one middle school in this data set: Ron Russell Middle School, located at 3955 SE 112th Ave in Portland, serving grades 6–8 with 780 students as part of David Douglas School District 40. Because it is the only middle school listed for this ZIP, there are no in-area peer comparisons to make; the useful comparisons are between this school, its district, and Oregon statewide averages.
Ron Russell sits in the bottom quartile of Oregon middle schools. In 2025–26 it ranked 296th of 371 schools, at the 20th percentile with 1 star, and its district ranked 107th of 141, at the 24th percentile, also with 1 star. The school's percentile has slipped from 26 in 2023–24 to 20 in 2025–26, holding 1 star each year. Proficiency on OSAS tests is below both district and state in every reported subject: English language arts at 31.2% (district 35.1%, state 43.8%), math at 18.5% (district 24.6%, state 32.9%), and science at 13.1% (district 22.1%, state 30.6%) — a 17.5-point gap behind the state in science. Grade-level results vary: 8th-grade ELA is the relative bright spot at 34.4% versus 41.5% statewide, the narrowest gap in this report, while 6th-grade math is lowest at 14.2%, and 8th-grade math trails the district 20.2% to 30.3%.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated at 36.4%, above the district's 34.5% and the state's 33.5%. The reported free/reduced-lunch figure of 101.92% cannot be literally accurate and should be treated as a reporting anomaly, though it still points to very high student need. The school reports $24,339 in per-student spending and a 16.4 student-teacher ratio, with no district or state benchmarks provided here for either. Overall, this is the only middle school option in ZIP 97266, and the data describe a school performing below its district and the state across all reported subjects, with science and math as the weakest areas.
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