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Enrollment
633
Middle
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRESHAM-BARLOW SD 10J·NCES 410600000990
Gordon Russell Middle School
3625 SE Powell Valley Rd, Gresham, OR 97080 · (503) 667-6900 · Multnomah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
529 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 201 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 196 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 37% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 59%
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
22.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
12.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 1 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.9% | 12.8% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 11.5% |
% 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
16.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Gordon Russell Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #177 of 190 | #21 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #185 of 200 | #23 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #186 of 201 | #23 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #62 of 208 | #7 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #118 of 180 | #21 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #18 of 180 | #15 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #31 of 141 | #9 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
633
-150 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 23.5:1
% White
44%
was 58%
% Hispanic
33%
was 29%
% Black
6%
was 3%
% Asian
4%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 633 | 32.7 | 19.4:1 | 84% (529) |
| 2023-24 | 635 | 32.3 | 19.6:1 | 67% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 30.5 | 22.1:1 | 79% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 783 | 33.3 | 23.5:1 | 53% (415) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gordon Russell Middle School.
About Gordon Russell Middle School
Gordon Russell Middle School runs as a mid-sized middle school in Gresham, Oregon. Total enrollment is 633 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Oregon enroll about 494 students on average.
Gresham-Barlow SD 10J is the local district for Gordon Russell Middle School. It runs 20 schools with 11,345 students.
White students make up 44% of enrollment at Gordon Russell Middle School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Multnomah County's population at about 68%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Its staff includes 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 19.4 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. Gordon Russell Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 84%. The average for public schools in Multnomah County is 75%.
In Oregon, Gordon Russell Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 16.0% actual against a predicted 30.1%.
For the population of Multnomah County, the median household earns about $88,766 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Multnomah County, 169 public schools serve about 81,096 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Powell Valley Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Gordon Russell Middle School is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 633 in 2024-25. In 2017-18, it was 783. Over that span, the White share moved 14 points, to 44%. The ratio was 23.5:1 in 2017-18 and 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Gresham-Barlow SD 10J
- Gresham High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Sam Barlow High SchoolHigh · 1,635 students
- Metro East Web AcademyCombined · 759 students
- Clear Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- North Gresham Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- East Gresham Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
Other schools in Gresham
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Gresham High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Sam Barlow High SchoolHigh · 1,635 students
- Metro East Web AcademyCombined · 759 students
- Clear Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- North Gresham Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
Nearby schools
- Powell Valley Elementary School0.6 mi · 368
- Springwater Trail High School0.7 mi · 184
- Hogan Cedars Elementary School0.8 mi · 477
- Kelly Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 368
- Dexter McCarty Middle School1.0 mi · 514
- East Gresham Elementary School1.2 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About Gordon Russell Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gordon Russell Middle School?
Gordon Russell Middle School enrolls approximately 633 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gordon Russell Middle School serve?
Gordon Russell Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Gordon Russell Middle School?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Gordon Russell Middle School.
How diverse is Gordon Russell Middle School?
Gordon Russell Middle School reports a student body of 44% White, 33% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Gordon Russell Middle School public or private?
Gordon Russell Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gresham-Barlow SD 10J.
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