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Best kept secret on campus at Alice Ott Middle School?
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Enrollment
594
Middle
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVID DOUGLAS SD 40·NCES 410394001028
Alice Ott Middle School
12500 SE Ramona St, Portland, OR 97236 · (503) 256-6510 · Multnomah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
595 students
DISTRICT 105% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 6 | 193 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 207 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 194 | 33% |
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 59% · 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
Alice Ott Middle School→David Douglas High School
Based on grade levels within David Douglas SD 40. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.4%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
24.8%
OR avg 31.8% . -5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 24.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 30.6% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.7%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 →
Where Alice Ott Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #91 of 190 | #12 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #111 of 200 | #14 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #98 of 201 | #11 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #69 of 208 | #9 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #79 of 180 | #14 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.6% | #2 of 180 | #2 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #44 of 141 | #11 of 23 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
594
-117 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 18.9:1
% White
31%
was 40%
% Hispanic
27%
was 19%
% Black
14%
was 11%
% Asian
16%
was 16%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 594 | 33 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 31.5 | 18.5:1 | 76% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 30 | 19.4:1 | 77% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 37.6 | 18.9:1 | 67% (476) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alice Ott Middle School.
About Alice Ott Middle School
Alice Ott Middle School is a medium-sized middle school for students in Portland, Oregon. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 594 students. Statewide, middle schools in Oregon average about 494 students each.
Alice Ott Middle School is among 14 schools run by David Douglas SD 40, which serves 8,716 students.
Alice Ott Middle School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 31%. Other students are 27% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 14% Black, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Multnomah County residents are about 68% White. The school's diversity index is 78%, meaning two students picked at random have a 78% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 33 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.0:1. That is lower than the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Alice Ott Middle School is 6.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 30.3% actual, 23.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Oregon.
County data help place the school in context: in Multnomah County, the median household income is $88,766, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Multnomah County is home to 169 public schools and about 81,096 public school students.
The closest public school to Alice Ott Middle School is Gilbert Park Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Alice Ott Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
Alice Ott Middle School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 594, a 16% decrease from 711 in 2017-18. The largest shift in the student mix was in the White share, which dropped from 40% to 31%.
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Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in David Douglas SD 40
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Ron Russell Middle SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Floyd Light Middle SchoolMiddle · 684 students
- Gilbert Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Mill Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Nearby schools
- Gilbert Park Elementary School0.3 mi · 503
- Gilbert Heights Elementary School0.8 mi · 405
- Ron Russell Middle School1.2 mi · 780
- Earl Boyles Elementary1.3 mi · 365
- Lent Elementary School1.5 mi · 256
- West Powellhurst Elementary School1.6 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Alice Ott Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Alice Ott Middle School?
Alice Ott Middle School enrolls approximately 594 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Alice Ott Middle School serve?
Alice Ott Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Alice Ott Middle School have?
Alice Ott Middle School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Alice Ott Middle School?
Student demographics at Alice Ott Middle School are roughly 31% White, 27% Hispanic, 14% Black, 16% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Alice Ott Middle School in?
Alice Ott Middle School is part of David Douglas SD 40.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.