Harrisburg Middle School

Set in Harrisburg, Oregon, Harrisburg Middle School is a close-knit intermediate school, one of the schools within Harrisburg SD 7J. It hosts 263 students across grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% below the state mean of about 494.

Harrisburg Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Harrisburg SD 7J, a district that educates 861 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Harrisburg Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Harrisburg Middle School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. The state averages around 19.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Harrisburg Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.1%; actual is 19.0%, a gap of -15.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Linn County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,329 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Linn County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), of which Harrisburg Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Harrisburg Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Harrisburg Middle School. On composite proficiency, Harrisburg Middle School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 29.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Harrisburg Middle School's enrollment has rose 45% since 2018, when it stood at 181 (now 263). Over the same period, the White share declined from 83% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Harrisburg Middle School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.