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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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 153 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 166 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 32% |
Student demographics
37%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
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.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.9% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 45.4% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Athey Creek Middle School
Athey Creek Middle School's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athey Creek Middle School this school | 470 | 24.7% | 46.3% |
| Otto Petersen Elementary School Scappoose | 416 | 31.7% | 39.9% |
| Rosemont Ridge Middle School West Linn | 699 | 28.9% | 56.0% |
| Scappoose Middle School Scappoose | 307 | 32.6% | 36.9% |
| Marshfield Junior High Coos Bay | 418 | 39.0% | 26.9% |
| Sellwood Middle School Portland | 575 | 41.7% | 58.6% |
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 Athey Creek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #23 of 190 | #4 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #19 of 200 ▲ 1 | #5 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #18 of 201 ▲ 14 | #4 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #109 of 208 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #25 of 180 | #4 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.0% | #156 of 180 | #18 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.7% | #191 of 194 | #17 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #13 of 141 | #2 of 11 |
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
470
-195 (-29%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 477
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 470 | 30.2 | 15.6:1 | 25% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 29.9 | 17.0:1 | 13% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 30.8 | 16.7:1 | 9% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 34 | 19.6:1 | 8% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 29.5 | 21.0:1 | 12% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 35 | 18.8:1 | 12% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 13% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 26 | 20.6:1 | 4% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 477 | 23 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Athey Creek Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (620 to 470); teachers up 3% (29.5 to 30.2).
About Athey Creek Middle School
Athey Creek Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in West Linn, Oregon, (ZIP code 97068). The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 470 students.
West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J enrolls 8,842 students, and its 17 schools include Athey Creek Middle School.
Athey Creek Middle School is 78% White by enrollment. Other students are 10% multiracial and 9% Hispanic. The county population is about 79% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Athey Creek Middle School is 30.2 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.6:1. That is lower than the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. The school counts 116 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 25%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Clackamas County is 50%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.0% at Athey Creek Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Clackamas County, the median household income is $103,517, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Clackamas County has 118 public schools and roughly 57,601 students.
Willamette Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Athey Creek Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Athey Creek Middle School ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 46.3% against a local average of 56.7%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 29% enrollment decrease, from 665 in 2020-21 to 470 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.6:1 to 15.6:1.
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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.
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