Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 97381

ZIP code 97381 contains a single middle school: Silverton Middle School, a grades 6–8 campus with 425 students at 714 Schlador Street in Silverton, part of Silver Falls School District 4J. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP code, there are no local peer schools to compare it against, so the most useful benchmarks are its own district and Oregon statewide averages. No test scores in this data are suppressed or given as ranges; all figures are exact as listed.

Academically, the school's clearest bright spot is 6th grade English Language Arts, where 47.3% of students are proficient — 5.5 points above the state average of 41.8% and the only tested subject and grade where the school beats the state. Everything else trails: all-grade ELA is 38.2% versus 43.8% statewide, all-grade math 26.6% versus 32.9%, and all-grade science 23.5% versus 30.6%. Eighth grade is the weak spot, with ELA at 25.2% (16.3 points below state), math at 21.2% (8.8 points below), and science at 23.5% (4.2 points below). The school also falls below its district in every listed subject and grade, even though the district outperforms the state on all of them. Statewide ranking has slipped to 222nd of 371 schools for 2025–2026 (40th percentile, 2 stars), down from 170th of 368 (54th percentile, 3 stars) the prior year.

Attendance is a relative strength: chronic absenteeism is 29.7%, below the district's 30.1% and the state's 33.5%, though it still means roughly 3 in 10 students are chronically absent. Other context includes 50.82% free/reduced lunch eligibility, $16,229 per-student spending, and a 21.2 student-teacher ratio. Overall, Silverton Middle School presents a mixed profile: a strong surrounding district, comparatively better attendance, and real strength in 6th grade ELA, offset by below-district and below-state proficiency overall and particular concern in 8th grade.