Fern Ridge Middle School

Fern Ridge Middle School is an intimate 6-8 campus in Elmira, Oregon, overseen by Fern Ridge SD 28J. The school enrolls 315 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 36% smaller than the typical public school in Oregon, which averages around 494 students.

Fern Ridge Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Fern Ridge SD 28J, a district that instructs 1,374 students overall.

Demographically, Fern Ridge Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Lane County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.3:1, putting Fern Ridge Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fern Ridge Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.9%; this one delivers 32.1%.

Around the school, Lane County reports that median household income runs about $71,544, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lane County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students), Fern Ridge Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Elmira Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Fern Ridge Middle School. On composite proficiency, Fern Ridge Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Fern Ridge Middle School's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 315). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 6% to 11%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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