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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Athey Creek Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
470
Middle
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST LINN-WILSONVILLE SD 3J·NCES 411317000056
Athey Creek Middle School
2110 Brandon Pl, West Linn, OR 97068 · (503) 673-7400 · Clackamas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
116 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.9%
OR avg 43.0% . +10.1pp since 2023
Math
49.2%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
470
-150 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 21.0:1
% White
78%
was 79%
% Hispanic
9%
was 7%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
2%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Athey Creek Middle School
Athey Creek Middle School is a middle school of medium-sized scale in West Linn, Oregon, run under West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J, caters to 470 students in grades 6 through 8.
West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 8,842 students; Athey Creek Middle School is among them.
Looking at the student body, Athey Creek Middle School records that 78% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Athey Creek Middle School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages around 19.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Clackamas County's rate of about 50%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Athey Creek Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.0%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of -6.7 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Clackamas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,517 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clackamas County's 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), Athey Creek Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Willamette Primary School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Athey Creek Middle School. On composite proficiency, Athey Creek Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Athey Creek Middle School has edged down 24%, going from 620 students in 2018 to 470 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.
On allk12, members of the Athey Creek Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Clackamas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
423,975
Census ACS
Median income
$103,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
57,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J
- West Linn High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Wilsonville High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
- Rosemont Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Boeckman Creek Primary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Lowrie Primary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Trillium Creek Primary SchoolElementary · 480 students
Other schools in West Linn
- West Linn High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Rosemont Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Trillium Creek Primary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Willamette Primary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Sunset Primary SchoolElementary · 375 students
- Cedaroak Park Primary SchoolElementary · 348 students
Nearby schools
- Willamette Primary School1.1 mi · 384
- Rosemont Ridge Middle School1.9 mi · 699
- Three Rivers Charter School1.9 mi · 108
- Trillium Creek Primary School2.1 mi · 480
- Sunset Primary School2.4 mi · 375
- Stafford Primary School2.5 mi · 323
Frequently asked questions
About Athey Creek Middle SchoolHow large is Athey Creek Middle School?
Athey Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 470 students in grades 06-08.
Is Athey Creek Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Athey Creek Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Athey Creek Middle School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Athey Creek Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Athey Creek Middle School?
At Athey Creek Middle School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Athey Creek Middle School public or private?
Athey Creek Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.