Colton Middle School

Colton Middle School, a very small junior high in Colton, Oregon, run under Colton SD 53, works with 110 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 78% below the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

Colton SD 53 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 595 students; Colton Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Colton Middle School records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Colton Middle School has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Clackamas County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Colton Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.8%; actual is 21.2%, a gap of -15.6 points.

Around the school, census data for Clackamas County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,517 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Colton Middle School is one of 118 public schools in Clackamas County (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students).

Colton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Colton Middle School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 27.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 137 students in 2018 compared to 110 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.