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Enrollment
684
Middle
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVID DOUGLAS SD 40·NCES 410394001027
Floyd Light Middle School
10800 SE Washington St, Portland, OR 97216 · (503) 256-6511 · Multnomah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL684 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
693 students
DISTRICT 105% · STATE 76%
Community
1
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 | 245 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 225 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 214 | 31% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
Floyd Light Middle School→David Douglas High School
Based on grade levels within David Douglas SD 40. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
31.1%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 are up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 31.1% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 26.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Floyd Light Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #104 of 190 | #14 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #73 of 200 ▲ 20 | #11 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #116 of 201 ▼ 12 | #15 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 684 | #47 of 208 | #6 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #119 of 180 | #22 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.5% | #3 of 180 | #3 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #10 of 194 | #4 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #30 of 141 | #8 of 23 |
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
684
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 684 | 35.2 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 34.9 | 19.0:1 | 77% (508) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 36.5 | 17.4:1 | 78% (497) |
| 2020-21 | 697 | 42 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 849 | 43.1 | 19.7:1 | 76% (648) |
| 2015-16 | 837 | 41 | 20.4:1 | 78% (650) |
| 2010-11 | 828 | 47 | 17.6:1 | 79% (657) |
| 2000-01 | 707 | 33 | 21.4:1 | 64% (451) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 27 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Floyd Light Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (849 to 684); teachers down 18% (43.1 to 35.2).
About Floyd Light Middle School
Floyd Light Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Portland, Oregon. The school counted 684 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 38% bigger than the average of about 494 students for middle schools in Oregon.
Floyd Light Middle School reports to David Douglas SD 40, which has 14 schools and 8,716 students.
Hispanic students account for 30% of enrollment at Floyd Light Middle School, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 29% White, 14% Asian, 14% Black, and 9% multiracial. Among people living in Multnomah County, the Hispanic share is about 14%. The diversity index for Floyd Light Middle School is 77%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 19.4:1 is based on 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Oregon is about 19.3:1.
Floyd Light Middle School is 5.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (29.1% versus 23.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Oregon.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Multnomah County show that the median household earns about $88,766 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Multnomah County, 169 public schools serve about 81,096 students.
Measured in a straight line, Ventura Park Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Floyd Light Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Floyd Light Middle School is 2nd of 5 on proficiency.
Floyd Light Middle School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 697 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 684. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.4:1.
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Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in David Douglas SD 40
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Ron Russell Middle SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Alice Ott Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Gilbert Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Mill Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Nearby schools
- Ventura Park Elementary School0.5 mi · 361
- Cherry Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 442
- Mill Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 494
- Clark Elementary School0.9 mi · 330
- Menlo Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 355
- West Powellhurst Elementary School1.2 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Floyd Light Middle SchoolHow many students attend Floyd Light Middle School?
Floyd Light Middle School enrolls approximately 684 students in grades 06-08.
Is Floyd Light Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Floyd Light Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Floyd Light Middle School have?
Floyd Light Middle School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Floyd Light Middle School?
Student demographics at Floyd Light Middle School are roughly 29% White, 30% Hispanic, 14% Black, 14% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Floyd Light Middle School in?
Floyd Light Middle School is part of David Douglas SD 40.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.