Culver Middle School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 57 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 30% |
School pathway
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 49 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 12.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 26.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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%.
Where Culver Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #107 of 190 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #184 of 200 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #49 of 201 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 162 | #191 of 208 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 162 | 10.6 | 15.3:1 | 71% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 168 | 11.8 | 14.2:1 | 69% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 173 | 10.5 | 16.5:1 | 69% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 177 | 8.3 | 21.3:1 | 65% (115) |
About Culver Middle School
Culver Middle School is a small middle school for students in Culver, Oregon. The school serves 162 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in Oregon average about 494 students.
Culver SD 4 oversees Culver Middle School and 2 other schools, with 653 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Culver Middle School is 62% White. The school is also 32% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. For comparison, Jefferson County is about 62% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Culver Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
Teachers at Culver Middle School total 10.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.3:1. The 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 115 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 71%. The 93% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 22 points higher.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 35.0% at Culver Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.6%.
In Jefferson County (population about 25,203), median household income is about $76,260, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Culver Middle School is one of 13 public schools in Jefferson County, which together enroll about 3,386 students.
The closest public school to Culver Middle School is Culver Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Culver Middle School, there are 3 other public schools. On proficiency, Culver Middle School is ahead of the 24.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 6.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
The number of students dropped from 177 to 162 over 7 years. Over the same years, the White share fell from 72% to 62%. The number of students per teacher fell from 21.3 to 15.3 over 7 years.
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