Summary:
ZIP code 97496 contains exactly one middle school, Winston Middle School, which serves grades 6–8, enrolls 310 students, and is part of Winston-Dillard School District 116 in the Winston area.
Academically, Winston Middle School ranks 333 of 371 Oregon middle schools in 2025–2026 — the 10th percentile, with 1 star. Its rank history remains in roughly the bottom 10–14% of Oregon middle schools: 318 of 371 (14th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024, 328 of 368 (11th percentile, 1 star) in 2024–2025, and 333 of 371 (10th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026. The district is also low-ranked: Winston-Dillard School District 116 is 129 of 141 districts, the 9th percentile, with 0 stars. In OSAS 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency is 25.9% in English Language Arts, 11.9% in Mathematics, and 15.4% in Science, compared with state rates of 43.8%, 32.9%, and 30.6%. By grade, ELA is 19.4% in 6th, 26.3% in 7th, and 32.2% in 8th — the school’s highest reported result — while math is flat and low at 12.9%, 11.6%, and 11.2% across grades 6–8. Eighth-grade science is 15.4%.
Context matters. Chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025 is 39.9%, above the district’s 36.6% and the state’s 33.5%, meaning nearly 4 in 10 students are chronically absent. About 74.84% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school reports $16,450 in per-student spending and a 17.2 student-teacher ratio, though the data does not include state or district averages for those two measures. Overall, Winston Middle School performs below Oregon averages in all tested subjects, especially mathematics, and its three-year rank history shows no clear improvement.
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