Duniway Middle School

Duniway Middle School operates as a high-enrollment junior high in McMinnville, Oregon, one of the schools within McMinnville SD 40. Current enrollment sits at 761 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 54% larger than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

Across the 9 schools in McMinnville SD 40 (6,293 students total), Duniway Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Duniway Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 36% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Yamhill County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Duniway Middle School records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Duniway Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.4%; Duniway Middle School posts 49.7%, +17.2 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Yamhill County put the typical household earns roughly $90,063 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Yamhill County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,724 students), of which Duniway Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Newby Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Duniway Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.7%.

Duniway Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Duniway Middle School's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 733 (now 761).

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