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What's one thing Boring Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
427
Middle
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OREGON TRAIL SD 46·NCES 411089000104
Boring Middle School
27801 SE Dee St, Boring, OR 97009 · (503) 668-9393 · Clackamas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
256 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 143 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 152 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 132 | 31% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Boring Middle School→Sandy High School
Based on grade levels within Oregon Trail SD 46. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
55.3%
OR avg 43.0% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
35.5%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.3% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 31.8% |
% 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Boring Middle School
Boring Middle School's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boring Middle School this school | 427 | 60.0% | 41.2% |
| Cedar Ridge Middle School Sandy | 471 | 60.5% | 38.4% |
| Lincoln Middle School Cottage Grove | 455 | 63.5% | 21.9% |
| Walter L Kraxberger Middle School Gladstone | 343 | 62.7% | 30.8% |
| Astoria Middle School Astoria | 454 | 65.9% | 28.3% |
| Madison Middle School Eugene | 398 | 64.3% | 34.3% |
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 Boring Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #34 of 190 | #7 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #43 of 200 ▲ 19 | #9 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #31 of 201 ▼ 16 | #7 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #123 of 208 | #16 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #168 of 180 | #15 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #138 of 180 | #16 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #141 of 194 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #26 of 38 | #5 of 7 |
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
427
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
+12% since 2000-01, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 26.2:1
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 | 427 | 19 | 22.5:1 | 60% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 19 | 22.7:1 | 46% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 17.5 | 23.2:1 | 34% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 16 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 15.5 | 26.5:1 | 30% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 15 | 27.8:1 | 36% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 15 | 27.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 18 | 21.2:1 | 39% (150) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boring Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (411 to 427); teachers up 23% (15.5 to 19).
About Boring Middle School
Boring Middle School sits in Boring, Oregon, and is classified as a middle-grades school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 427 students.
The 10 schools in Oregon Trail SD 46 enroll 4,202 students altogether, Boring Middle School among them.
The share of White students at Boring Middle School is 74%, a majority. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, Boring Middle School has a ratio of 22.5:1. Across middle schools in Oregon, the average ratio is 19.3:1. Income data for the school show 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Clackamas County is 10 points.
Schools in Oregon with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.3%. Boring Middle School scores 41.2%.
Clackamas County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $103,517 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Clackamas County number 118, with about 57,601 students.
Among nearby public schools, Naas Elementary School is closest at about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 35.0%, lower than Boring Middle School's 41.2%.
Boring Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 419 to 427. The ratio was 26.2:1 in 2020-21 and 22.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Oregon Trail SD 46
- Sandy High SchoolHigh · 1,420 students
- Cedar Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 471 students
- Firwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Kelso Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
- Sandy Grade SchoolElementary · 327 students
- Naas Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
Other schools in Boring
- Kelso Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
- Naas Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Oregon Trail AcademyElementary · 248 students
Nearby schools
- Naas Elementary School0.1 mi · 290
- Deep Creek - Damascus K-8 School2.7 mi · 477
- West Orient Middle School2.7 mi · 383
- East Orient Elementary School2.8 mi · 382
- Kelly Creek Elementary School3.3 mi · 368
- Kelso Elementary School3.5 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Boring Middle SchoolHow many students attend Boring Middle School?
Boring Middle School enrolls approximately 427 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Boring Middle School serve?
Boring Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Boring Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Boring Middle School is approximately 22.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Boring Middle School?
At Boring Middle School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Boring Middle School?
Boring Middle School is overseen by Oregon Trail SD 46 in Clackamas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.