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Enrollment
585
Middle
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER ALBANY PUBLIC SD 8J·NCES 410112000732
Calapooia Middle School
830 24th AVE SE, Albany, OR 97322 · (541) 967-4555 · Linn County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
445 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 | 188 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 195 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 202 | 35% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
39.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
16.6%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 16.7% |
% 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Calapooia Middle School
Calapooia Middle School's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calapooia Middle School this school | 585 | 76.1% | 25.9% |
| Patton Middle School McMinnville | 646 | 77.9% | 34.2% |
| Duniway Middle School McMinnville | 761 | 77.7% | 49.7% |
| Obsidian Middle School Redmond | 568 | 79.8% | 32.1% |
| Mountain View Middle School Newberg | 507 | 69.4% | 34.8% |
| Hood River Middle School Hood River | 461 | 70.7% | 43.5% |
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 Calapooia Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #129 of 190 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #162 of 200 ▼ 8 | #7 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #104 of 201 ▼ 19 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #73 of 208 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #60 of 180 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #58 of 180 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #87 of 194 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #25 of 38 | 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
585
-62 (-10%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 585 | 34.1 | 17.2:1 | 76% (445) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | N/A | N/A | 66% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 645 | 30.3 | 21.3:1 | 67% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 647 | 34 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 28.6 | 19.4:1 | 59% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 28 | 21.1:1 | 61% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 32 | 20.7:1 | 62% (413) |
| 2000-01 | 717 | 34 | 21.1:1 | 39% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 645 | 37 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calapooia Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (554 to 585); teachers up 19% (28.6 to 34.1).
About Calapooia Middle School
Families in Albany, Oregon, are served by Calapooia Middle School, a medium-sized middle-grades school. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 585 students enrolled.
Greater Albany Public SD 8J serves 8,771 students across 20 schools.
At Calapooia Middle School, White students make up 54% of the student body. The remaining shares are 35% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. Linn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school's share is lower. Calapooia Middle School's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.2 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 76%. For comparison, public schools in Linn County average 79%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Calapooia Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.9%; the prediction is 33.0%.
Among Linn County residents, the median household income is $76,329, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides Calapooia Middle School, Linn County has 47 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Lafayette Elementary School, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 25.9% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 6 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 62 students since 2020-21, to 585. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 19.0:1 to 17.2:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Calapooia Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,706
Census ACS
Median income
$76,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
17,916 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greater Albany Public SD 8J
- South Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,466 students
- West Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,297 students
- Timber Ridge SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 544 students
- Meadow Ridge ElementaryElementary · 510 students
- North Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 479 students
Other schools in Albany
- South Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,466 students
- West Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,297 students
- Timber Ridge SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 544 students
- Meadow Ridge ElementaryElementary · 510 students
- North Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 479 students
Nearby schools
- Lafayette Elementary School0.3 mi · 295
- Sunrise Elementary School0.3 mi · 324
- Albany Options School0.4 mi · 136
- Oak Elementary School0.7 mi · 273
- Periwinkle Elementary School0.8 mi · 325
- South Albany High School1.0 mi · 1,466
Frequently asked questions
About Calapooia Middle SchoolHow large is Calapooia Middle School?
Calapooia Middle School enrolls approximately 585 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Calapooia Middle School serve?
Calapooia Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Calapooia Middle School have?
Calapooia Middle School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Calapooia Middle School?
At Calapooia Middle School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 35% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Calapooia Middle School public or private?
Calapooia Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Greater Albany Public SD 8J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.