Enrollment
360
Middle
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILTON-FREEWATER UNIFIED SD 7·NCES 410816001116
Central Middle School
306 SW 2nd Ave, Milton-Freewater, OR 97862 · (541) 938-5504 · Umatilla County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Oregon public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
262 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 124 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 109 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 35% |
Student demographics
49%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Central Middle School→McLoughlin High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
22.7%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
12.8%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.7% | 12.8% |
| 2023-24 | 24.6% | 13.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Central Middle School
Central Middle School's state test result (17.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Middle School this school | 360 | 72.8% | 17.3% |
| WyEast Middle School Hood River | 411 | 70.8% | 21.0% |
| Windy River Elementary School Boardman | 241 | 67.6% | 15.3% |
| Tom McCall Upper Elementary Forest Grove | 673 | 81.1% | 21.5% |
| North Marion Middle School Aurora | 410 | 88.0% | 21.9% |
| Irrigon Elementary School Irrigon | 159 | 67.3% | 28.5% |
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 Central Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Umatilla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #175 of 190 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #186 of 200 ▼ 10 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #187 of 201 ▼ 10 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #148 of 208 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #33 of 180 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #102 of 180 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.8% | #99 of 194 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #69 of 141 | 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
360
-25 (-6%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 360 | 22.5 | 16.0:1 | 73% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 21.7 | 15.8:1 | 72% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 23.2 | 16.6:1 | 73% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 22 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 21.8 | 19.0:1 | 77% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 21 | 19.3:1 | 83% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 22 | 20.3:1 | 77% (342) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 23 | 18.1:1 | 65% (271) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (414 to 360); teachers up 3% (21.8 to 22.5).
About Central Middle School
Central Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Milton-Freewater, Oregon. A federal count lists 360 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Oregon is about 494, so this school runs 27% smaller than that.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7 totals 1,547 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Central Middle School, at 62%. The remaining shares are 35% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Umatilla County's population at about 30%. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.0:1, with 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.3 students per teacher below the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 73% of enrollment. Public schools in Umatilla County average 89%.
Measured against Oregon public middle schools, Central Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Central Middle School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Oregon. Predicted: 34.3%. Actual: 17.3%.
In Umatilla County (population about 79,940), the median household income is $67,728, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 35 public schools in Umatilla County, enrolling about 13,143 students in all.
Nearby, McLoughlin High School is about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Central Middle School, there are 3 other public schools. Central Middle School is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies Central Middle School's location as Town: Fringe.
The school enrolled 360 students in 2024-25, 25 fewer than the 385 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.5:1 to 16.0:1.
The Central Middle School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Umatilla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,940
Census ACS
Median income
$67,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
13,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7
- Gib Olinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- McLoughlin High SchoolHigh · 449 students
- Ferndale Elementary SchoolElementary · 240 students
Other schools in Milton-Freewater
- Gib Olinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- McLoughlin High SchoolHigh · 449 students
- Ferndale Elementary SchoolElementary · 240 students
Other Central Middle schools
49 other US public schools in 25 states are named Central Middle. Central Middle School is the 41st largest of the 50.
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLEDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 1,860 students
- Central Middle SchoolReading, PA · 1,785 students
- Central MiddleEdgewater, MD · 1,204 students
- Central Middle SchoolWESLACO, TX · 1,060 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLWEST MELBOURNE, FL · 1,059 students
Nearby schools
- McLoughlin High School0.2 mi · 449
- Gib Olinger Elementary School0.7 mi · 498
- Ferndale Elementary School3.3 mi · 240
- John Sager Middle School6.7 mi · 334
- College Place Open Doors Program6.8 mi · 13
- College Place High School6.8 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Central Middle SchoolHow large is Central Middle School?
Central Middle School enrolls approximately 360 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Central Middle School serve?
Central Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Middle School is approximately 16.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central Middle School?
At Central Middle School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 62% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Middle School?
Central Middle School is overseen by Milton-Freewater Unified SD 7 in Umatilla County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.