Amity Middle School

As a minimally staffed middle school in Amity, Oregon, Amity Middle School serves 168 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Amity SD 4J. That puts it 66% leaner than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

Amity SD 4J comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 746 students; Amity Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Amity Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Native American. By comparison, Yamhill County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Amity Middle School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages around 19.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Yamhill County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Amity Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.4%; this one delivers 23.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Yamhill County indicate median household income runs about $90,063, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Yamhill County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,724 students), Amity Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Amity High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Amity Middle School. On composite proficiency, Amity Middle School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Amity Middle School has edged down 16%, going from 200 students in 2018 to 168 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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