The bulletin board for America's public schools. Parents, teachers, students, and staff. One community per school.
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMITY SD 4J·NCES 410123001320

Amity Middle School

115 Church St, Amity, OR 97101 · (503) 835-0518 · Yamhill County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL168 STUDENTS
Enrollment
168
Middle
DISTRICT 249 · STATE 494
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
109 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 65030%
Grade 75533%
Grade 86338%
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
11568%
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 57% · US 43%
Hispanic
4426%
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 26% · US 30%
Asian
42%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
42%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
8148%
Female
8752%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Amity Middle School→Amity High School
Feeds from
Amity Elementary SchoolKG–05
Based on grade levels within Amity SD 4J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

Discussions

+ POST
QUIET COMMUNITY
Be the first to start a discussion at Amity Middle School.
START A DISCUSSION

Test scores

OSAS 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
38.1%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
15.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.4pp since 2023

What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.

OSAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2538.1%15.8%
2023-2439.7%12.4%
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 →

Schools most like Amity Middle School

Amity Middle School's state test result (23.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Amity Middle School this school16864.9%23.7%
Culver Middle School
Culver
16271.0%28.6%
Scio Middle School
Scio
16262.3%30.1%
Creswell Middle School
Creswell
24472.1%38.0%
Weston Middle School
Weston
18774.3%35.0%
Jefferson Middle School
Jefferson
17875.3%17.4%
Matched among Oregon 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 Amity Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn OregonIn Yamhill County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
23.7%#142 of 190#6 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
15.8%#169 of 200
▲ 13
#6 of 8
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
38.1%#112 of 201
▼ 13
#6 of 8
▼ 3
Enrollment
ranked largest first
168#187 of 208#8 of 8
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
64.9%#124 of 194#5 of 7
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-16.0%#48 of 141N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
168
-24 (-12%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 255
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 19.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2516812.313.6:165% (109)
2023-241761116.0:152% (91)
2022-2316912.513.5:137% (63)
2020-211921019.2:145% (86)
2017-1820010.618.8:155% (109)
2015-161881018.8:160% (112)
2010-11187920.8:151% (95)
2000-012151021.5:144% (95)
1990-912551025.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amity Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 16% (200 to 168); teachers up 16% (10.6 to 12.3).

About Amity Middle School

Amity Middle School is a very small middle-grades school based in Amity, Oregon. There are 168 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Oregon enroll around 494, and this school is 66% below that mark.

Amity SD 4J is responsible for 3 schools, Amity Middle School included, with 746 students in all.

Of every 100 students at Amity Middle School, about 68 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% Hispanic, 2% Asian, and 2% Native American. The White share of the county population is higher, at 77%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Amity Middle School scores 46%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. The school has 12.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Oregon is 19.3:1. In all, 65% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 77% average for public schools in Yamhill County is 12 points higher.

On BeatsExpectations, Amity Middle School is 13.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Oregon schools.

For Yamhill County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $90,063, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 34 public schools and about 14,724 students.

Amity Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Amity High School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Amity Middle School at 8th of 9.

Amity Middle School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The school's enrollment fell 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.2:1 to 13.6:1.

People who know Amity Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.

Yamhill County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
108,734
Census ACS
Median income
$90,063
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
14,724 students

Quick facts

School name
Amity Middle School
District
Amity SD 4J
Address
115 Church St, Amity, OR 97101
Phone
(503) 835-0518
County
Yamhill County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
168
Teachers (FTE)
12
Student–teacher ratio
13.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
109 (65%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
410123001320
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Amity SD 4J
Other schools in Amity
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Amity Middle School
How many students attend Amity Middle School?
Amity Middle School enrolls approximately 168 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Amity Middle School serve?
Amity Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Amity Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Amity Middle School is approximately 13.6:1 (12 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Amity Middle School?
Amity Middle School reports a student body of 68% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Amity Middle School?
Amity Middle School is overseen by Amity SD 4J in Yamhill County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
+ Post