French Prairie Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Woodburn, Oregon, French Prairie Middle School hosts 551 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Woodburn SD 103.

French Prairie Middle School is one of 9 schools operated by Woodburn SD 103, a district that educates 5,220 students overall.

On the student-mix side, French Prairie Middle School records that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 7% White. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,351 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), French Prairie Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Lincoln Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at French Prairie Middle School has decreased 16%, going from 659 students in 2018 to 551 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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