Summary:
ZIP code 97914 covers Ontario, Oregon, and contains just one middle school, Ontario Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls about 471 students in Ontario School District 8C. Because it is the only middle campus in the area, there is no local alternative to compare it against, so the useful yardsticks are the school's own district and Oregon statewide averages.
On the 2025-2026 state assessments, the school outperforms its district in English language arts (37.1% proficient versus 33.2%) and math (26.0% versus 23.1%), but trails the state in every subject, which posts 43.8% in ELA and 32.9% in math. Science is the deepest weakness at 14.1%, below both the district (17.4%) and the state (27.7%), and it is the only subject where the school loses to its own district. Results shift by grade: 7th-grade math (34.8%) is the single bright spot that edges past the state (33.3%), while 8th-grade math (19.4%) falls well behind. School and district figures match exactly at each grade level, confirming that this school essentially is the district at the middle grades.
The standout strength is attendance. Chronic absenteeism is 16.0%, roughly half Oregon's 33.5% rate and better than the district's 18.7% — notable given a free/reduced-lunch figure of 100.85%, which signals effectively the entire student body. Per-student spending is $22,895. Statewide, the school has held steady at 2 stars and the 33rd-36th percentile for three years. In short: a stable, mid-to-lower-tier school with excellent attendance, relative strength in 7th-grade math, and its clearest needs in science and 8th-grade math.
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