Summary:
ZIP code 97374 covers the rural community of Scio, Oregon, and contains exactly one middle school: Scio Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 with 162 students, or roughly 54 per grade. It is the only middle-grades option in the ZIP, so there are no local peers to compare it against — the useful benchmarks are its own district, Scio School District 95, and the state of Oregon. The school is part of a small district that ranks 44th of 141 Oregon districts (69th percentile, 3 stars).
On test scores, the school trails its district in all ten subject-and-grade combinations and trails the state in nine of ten. Math is the clearest pressure point at 24.2% proficient across all grades, behind the state by 8.7 points and the district by 13.3 points. Reading sits at 35.9% and science at 26.8%. The one genuine bright spot is 7th grade math, where 33.3% proficiency matches the state exactly — the only measure where the school is not behind. The youngest cohort looks furthest behind, with 6th grade at 18.4% in math, while 8th graders are close to district and state levels in reading and science but 15.5 points behind the district in math, pointing to a subject-specific gap rather than a general one.
Two contextual facts matter for families. Chronic absenteeism is 39.5% — better than the district's 42.7% but above the state's 33.5%, meaning about two in five students miss 10% or more of school days. About 62.35% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the school spends $12,596 per student with a 16.2:1 student-teacher ratio. The school's own rating is 2 stars and 36th percentile, down from 3 stars and 53rd percentile two years ago — a 17-point slide — and well below its district's 3-star, 69th percentile standing, which suggests other schools in the district are performing higher.
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