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Enrollment
534
Middle
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINN-MAR COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191722000810
Oak Ridge Middle School
4901 Alburnett Road, Marion, IA 52302 · (319) 447-3410 · Linn County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
114 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 263 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 271 | 51% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Oak Ridge Middle School→Linn-Mar High School
Based on grade levels within Linn-Mar Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
89.1%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
80.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.1% | 80.8% |
| 2023-24 | 87.1% | 79.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
82.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Oak Ridge Middle School
Oak Ridge Middle School's state test result (82.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge Middle School this school | 534 | 21.3% | 82.1% |
| Hazel Point Intermediate School Marion | 563 | 20.4% | 83.8% |
| Pleasant Valley Junior High School LeClaire | 940 | 9.6% | 90.5% |
| Summit Middle School Johnston | 1,118 | 26.0% | 81.9% |
| South Middle School Waukee | 1,092 | 25.5% | 81.3% |
| Ames Middle School Ames | 1,033 | 31.2% | 76.6% |
Matched among Iowa middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Oak Ridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.1% | #49 of 224 | #6 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #68 of 224 ▲ 7 | #5 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #21 of 224 ▲ 19 | #4 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #63 of 246 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #100 of 180 | #11 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #59 of 180 | #8 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #206 of 237 | #13 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.1% | #6 of 103 | #3 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
534
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 701
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 534 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 21% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 21% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 38.7 | 13.6:1 | 18% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 18% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 764 | 48.1 | 15.9:1 | 18% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 756 | 53 | 14.3:1 | 13% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 701 | 46 | 15.2:1 | 10% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Ridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (764 to 534); teachers down 23% (48.1 to 37).
About Oak Ridge Middle School
Oak Ridge Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. Its address is in Marion, Iowa. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 534 students. That puts enrollment 34% above the 400-student average for middle schools in Iowa.
Oak Ridge Middle School is one school in Linn-Mar Comm School District, a system of 12 schools with 7,361 students.
Of every 100 students at Oak Ridge Middle School, about 69 are White. The school is also 14% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 84%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Oak Ridge Middle School scores 50%.
With 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.4:1. Middle schools in Iowa average 15.2:1, 0.7 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 21% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 40% average for public schools in Linn County.
Schools in Iowa with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 81.3%. Oak Ridge Middle School scores 82.1%.
For Linn County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $77,649 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 83 public schools in the county, enrolling about 36,480, Oak Ridge Middle School among them.
Echo Hill Elementary is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Oak Ridge Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Oak Ridge Middle School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 534, close to the 542 recorded in 2020-21.
Oak Ridge Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Linn-Mar Comm School District
- Linn-Mar High SchoolHigh · 2,229 students
- Boulder Peak Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Excelsior Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Hazel Point Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Echo Hill ElementaryElementary · 536 students
- Westfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
Other schools in Marion
- Linn-Mar High SchoolHigh · 2,229 students
- Marion High SchoolHigh · 735 students
- Boulder Peak Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Excelsior Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Vernon Middle SchoolMiddle · 587 students
- Hazel Point Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 563 students
Nearby schools
- Echo Hill Elementary0.4 mi · 536
- Hazel Point Intermediate School0.4 mi · 563
- Excelsior Middle School1.2 mi · 594
- Linn-Mar High School1.5 mi · 2,229
- Novak Elementary School1.5 mi · 347
- Indian Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Ridge Middle SchoolHow many students attend Oak Ridge Middle School?
Oak Ridge Middle School enrolls approximately 534 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Oak Ridge Middle School serve?
Oak Ridge Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Oak Ridge Middle School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Oak Ridge Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Oak Ridge Middle School?
Student demographics at Oak Ridge Middle School are roughly 69% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Ridge Middle School?
Oak Ridge Middle School is overseen by Linn-Mar Comm School District in Linn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.