Baker Middle School

Located at 2320 Washington Ave, in Baker City, Oregon, Baker Middle School is a close-knit middle school that works with 226 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within Baker SD 5J. Compared to the state average of about 494 students per school, that is 54% leaner than typical.

Baker SD 5J comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,201 students; Baker Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Baker Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder looks like 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Baker County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Baker Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.9%, the actual is 29.8%, a residual of -0.2 points.

Around the school, census data for Baker County shows median household income runs about $60,936, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Baker Middle School is one of 15 public schools in Baker County (combined enrollment of about 5,551 students).

Baker Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Baker Middle School. On composite proficiency, Baker Middle School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Baker Middle School has showed little movement, going from 229 students in 2018 to 226 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Baker Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.