Gervais Middle School

As an intimate middle school in Gervais, Oregon, Gervais Middle School teaches 198 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Gervais SD 1. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 494 students each, so Gervais Middle School sits 60% below that benchmark.

Gervais SD 1 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,247 students; Gervais Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Gervais Middle School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 28% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Gervais Middle School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. The state averages around 19.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 102% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Marion County's rate of about 83%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gervais Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.0%; this one delivers 22.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household income runs about $77,351, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), Gervais Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Gervais High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gervais Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 18.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gervais Middle School has contracted 16%, going from 237 students in 2018 to 198 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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