Enrollment
329
Middle
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004001315
Harriet Tubman Middle School
2231 N Flint, Portland, OR 97227 · (503) 916-5630 · Multnomah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Oregon public middle schools
- BTest 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
13.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
138 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 117 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 114 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 30% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.8%
OR avg 43.0% . +9.6pp since 2023
Math
45.2%
OR avg 31.8% . +12.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.8% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 37.2% | 32.4% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Harriet Tubman Middle School
Harriet Tubman Middle School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harriet Tubman Middle School this school | 329 | 41.9% | 34.0% |
| Ockley Green Middle School Portland | 409 | 41.8% | 29.8% |
| Roseway Heights School Portland | 561 | 42.2% | 25.6% |
| da Vinci Middle School Portland | 427 | 41.7% | 45.4% |
| Jackson Middle School Portland | 715 | 61.8% | 58.7% |
| George Middle School Portland | 400 | 98.0% | 15.4% |
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 Harriet Tubman Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #69 of 190 | #9 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #22 of 200 ▲ 36 | #7 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #64 of 201 ▲ 52 | #9 of 27 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #158 of 208 | #27 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #6 of 180 | #5 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #11 of 180 | #11 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #179 of 194 | #21 of 27 |
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
329
-115 (-26%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 329 | 24.1 | 13.6:1 | 42% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 24.7 | 13.0:1 | 63% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 24.4 | 14.8:1 | 65% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 27 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 59% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 693 | 48 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harriet Tubman Middle School.
About Harriet Tubman Middle School
Harriet Tubman Middle School is a small middle-grades school in Portland, Oregon, (ZIP code 97227). The school's enrollment of 329 students covers grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Oregon average about 494 students each.
Portland SD 1J (86 schools, 41,894 students) runs Harriet Tubman Middle School.
The most common group at Harriet Tubman Middle School is White students, at 39%. It is also 23% Black, 18% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Multnomah County's residents are about 68% White, 29 points above the school's share. Harriet Tubman Middle School's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Harriet Tubman Middle School is 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. About 42% of students, or 138, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 75% average among public schools in Multnomah County.
Harriet Tubman Middle School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of Oregon public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Oregon schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Harriet Tubman Middle School's results are 12.3 points below predicted: 34.0% against 46.3%.
In the county around the school, Multnomah County, the median household income is $88,766, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 169 public schools in Multnomah County, enrolling about 81,096 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Boise-Eliot Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Harriet Tubman Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 115 students since 2020-21, to 329. The number of students per teacher fell from 16.4 to 13.6 over 4 years.
The Harriet Tubman Middle School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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- Ida B. Wells-Barnett High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
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- 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
- Boise-Eliot Elementary School0.6 mi · 313
- Kairos PDX0.7 mi · 226
- Irvington Elementary School0.8 mi · 249
- Benson Polytechnic High School1.1 mi · 896
- Alliance High School1.3 mi · 197
- Sabin Elementary School1.4 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Harriet Tubman Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harriet Tubman Middle School?
Harriet Tubman Middle School enrolls approximately 329 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Harriet Tubman Middle School serve?
Harriet Tubman Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Harriet Tubman Middle School have?
Harriet Tubman Middle School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is Harriet Tubman Middle School?
Harriet Tubman Middle School reports a student body of 39% White, 18% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Harriet Tubman Middle School?
Harriet Tubman Middle School is overseen by Portland SD 1J in Multnomah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.