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Enrollment
722
Middle
DISTRICT 666 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERMISTON SD 8·NCES 410630001096
Armand Larive Middle School
1497 SW 9th St, Hermiston, OR 97838 · (541) 667-6200 · Umatilla County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL722 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Oregon public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
662 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 236 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 242 | 34% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Armand Larive Middle School→Hermiston High School
Based on grade levels within Hermiston SD 8. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.2%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.2% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 34.0% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Armand Larive Middle School
Armand Larive Middle School's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Larive Middle School this school | 722 | 91.7% | 32.1% |
| Sandstone Middle School Hermiston | 609 | 92.0% | 31.7% |
| Parrish Middle School Salem | 691 | 88.6% | 19.4% |
| Claggett Creek Middle School Keizer | 798 | 88.2% | 22.2% |
| Houck Middle School Salem | 830 | 89.0% | 12.1% |
| Neil Armstrong Middle School Forest Grove | 838 | 82.0% | 22.2% |
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 Armand Larive Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Umatilla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #75 of 190 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #58 of 200 ▼ 12 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #93 of 201 ▼ 9 | #3 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 722 | #34 of 208 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #45 of 180 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #100 of 180 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #34 of 194 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #81 of 141 | N/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 2024-25Enrollment
722
-51 (-7%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 722 | 43.5 | 16.6:1 | 92% (662) |
| 2023-24 | 738 | 44 | 16.8:1 | 67% (491) |
| 2022-23 | 726 | 42.5 | 17.1:1 | 68% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 42 | 18.4:1 | 69% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 810 | 34 | 23.8:1 | 65% (530) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 31 | 22.7:1 | 65% (459) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 25 | 20.4:1 | 73% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 407 | 27 | 15.1:1 | 48% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 32 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Armand Larive Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (810 to 722); teachers up 28% (34 to 43.5).
About Armand Larive Middle School
At 1497 SW 9th St in Hermiston, Oregon, Armand Larive Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle school. The latest federal count shows 722 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 494-student average for middle schools in Oregon, enrollment here is 46% higher.
Hermiston SD 8 has a total of 9 schools and 5,320 students, Armand Larive Middle School among them.
Roughly 64% of students at Armand Larive Middle School are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 29% White and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Umatilla County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. Armand Larive Middle School's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Armand Larive Middle School, 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.6:1. That is lower than the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. Roughly 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Armand Larive Middle School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Armand Larive Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.1% and a predicted 27.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Umatilla County show that the median household income is $67,728, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 35 public schools in Umatilla County, enrolling about 13,143 students in all.
Nearby, Desert View Elementary School is about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Armand Larive Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Armand Larive Middle School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 51 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 16.6 students per teacher, compared with 18.4 in 2020-21.
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Umatilla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,940
Census ACS
Median income
$67,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
13,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hermiston SD 8
- Hermiston High SchoolHigh · 1,705 students
- Sandstone Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
- Rocky Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
- West Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryElementary · 397 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Other schools in Hermiston
- Hermiston High SchoolHigh · 1,705 students
- Sandstone Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
- Rocky Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
- West Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Loma Vista ElementaryElementary · 397 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Nearby schools
- Desert View Elementary School0.2 mi · 351
- West Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 408
- Hermiston High School0.8 mi · 1,705
- Rocky Heights Elementary School1.3 mi · 442
- Sunset Elementary School1.4 mi · 378
- Highland Hills Elementary School1.8 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Armand Larive Middle SchoolHow many students attend Armand Larive Middle School?
Armand Larive Middle School enrolls approximately 722 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Armand Larive Middle School serve?
Armand Larive Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Armand Larive Middle School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Armand Larive Middle School.
How diverse is Armand Larive Middle School?
Armand Larive Middle School reports a student body of 29% White, 64% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Armand Larive Middle School?
Armand Larive Middle School is overseen by Hermiston SD 8 in Umatilla County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.