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Enrollment
699
Middle
DISTRICT 692 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OREGON CITY SD 62·NCES 410933000123
Gardiner Middle School
205 Williams St, Oregon City, OR 97045 · (503) 785-8200 · Clackamas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL699 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Oregon public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public middle schools
Student : Teacher
28.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.7:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
379 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 236 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 218 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 245 | 35% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.4%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
30.4%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.4% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
Schools most like Gardiner Middle School
Gardiner Middle School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardiner Middle School this school | 699 | 54.2% | 29.9% |
| Linus Pauling Middle School Corvallis | 712 | 57.9% | 44.0% |
| High Desert Middle School Bend | 668 | 47.9% | 29.5% |
| Alder Creek Middle School Milwaukie | 810 | 59.0% | 17.9% |
| Tumwata Middle School Oregon City | 685 | 54.6% | 31.0% |
| Thomas R Fowler Middle School Tigard | 744 | 58.1% | 34.1% |
Matched among Oregon middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Gardiner Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #94 of 190 | #13 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #77 of 200 ▲ 17 | #12 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #84 of 201 ▼ 4 | #12 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 699 | #40 of 208 | #7 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 28.4:1 | #179 of 180 | #18 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #99 of 180 | #9 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.2% | #152 of 194 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #78 of 141 | #7 of 11 |
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
699
+35 (+5%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
28.4:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 699 | 24.6 | 28.4:1 | 54% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 30 | 22.9:1 | 41% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 671 | 29.7 | 22.6:1 | 30% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | 35 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 39.8 | 19.9:1 | 37% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 779 | 35 | 22.3:1 | 44% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 27 | 23.4:1 | 39% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 428 | 30 | 14.3:1 | 29% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 23 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gardiner Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (792 to 699); teachers down 38% (39.8 to 24.6).
About Gardiner Middle School
Gardiner Middle School is a middle school located in Oregon City, Oregon, in Clackamas County. It had 699 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Oregon enroll about 494 students on average.
Gardiner Middle School is part of a district of 13 schools: Oregon City SD 62, with 7,202 students.
Federal enrollment data show Gardiner Middle School is 65% White. Next come 26% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 79% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 28.4:1 is based on 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Oregon average 19.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 54%.
Gardiner Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Oregon public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Gardiner Middle School would be expected to post about 41.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.9%.
For the population of Clackamas County, median household income comes to about $103,517, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clackamas County's 118 public schools enroll about 57,601 students and include Gardiner Middle School.
Oregon City Service Learning Academy is about 1.0 miles from Gardiner Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Gardiner Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Gardiner Middle School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Gardiner Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 5% increase took enrollment from 664 in 2020-21 to 699 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.0:1 to 28.4:1.
The discussion board for Gardiner Middle School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Clackamas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
423,975
Census ACS
Median income
$103,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
57,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oregon City SD 62
- Oregon City Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,944 students
- Tumwata Middle SchoolMiddle · 685 students
- John McLoughlin Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Holcomb Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Redland Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
- Beavercreek Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
Other schools in Oregon City
- Oregon City Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,944 students
- Tumwata Middle SchoolMiddle · 685 students
- John McLoughlin Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Holcomb Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Redland Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
- Alliance Charter AcademyCombined · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Oregon City Service Learning Academy1.0 mi · 111
- Gaffney Lane Elementary School1.0 mi · 419
- Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences1.2 mi · 325
- John McLoughlin Elementary School1.6 mi · 585
- Tumwata Middle School1.7 mi · 685
- West Linn High School1.9 mi · 1,809
Frequently asked questions
About Gardiner Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gardiner Middle School?
Gardiner Middle School enrolls approximately 699 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Gardiner Middle School serve?
Gardiner Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Gardiner Middle School?
Approximately 28.4:1 students per teacher at Gardiner Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Gardiner Middle School?
Student demographics at Gardiner Middle School are roughly 65% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Gardiner Middle School public or private?
Gardiner Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oregon City SD 62.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.