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Enrollment
952
Middle
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEDFORD SD 549C·NCES 410804000442
Hedrick Middle School
1501 E Jackson St, Medford, OR 97504 · (541) 842-3700 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL952 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Oregon public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
20.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
826 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 | 345 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 309 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 298 | 31% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
40.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.6% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 30.5% |
% 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
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Hedrick Middle School
Hedrick Middle School's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedrick Middle School this school | 952 | 86.8% | 38.1% |
| Crossler Middle School Salem | 804 | 88.8% | 29.5% |
| Sunridge Middle School Pendleton | 672 | 83.5% | 27.9% |
| Judson Middle School Salem | 811 | 89.4% | 38.1% |
| Scenic Middle School Central Point | 774 | 78.8% | 30.7% |
| Elton Gregory Middle School Redmond | 695 | 78.6% | 28.2% |
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 Hedrick Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #45 of 190 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #52 of 200 ▲ 17 | #3 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #97 of 201 ▼ 30 | #4 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 952 | #8 of 208 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #138 of 180 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #101 of 180 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #56 of 194 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #136 of 141 | N/A |
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
952
-52 (-5%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 851
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 952 | 47.4 | 20.1:1 | 87% (826) |
| 2023-24 | 970 | 45.6 | 21.3:1 | 64% (624) |
| 2022-23 | 996 | 46.6 | 21.4:1 | 73% (726) |
| 2020-21 | 1,004 | 50 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 964 | 43.3 | 22.3:1 | 43% (413) |
| 2015-16 | 879 | 39 | 22.5:1 | 41% (364) |
| 2010-11 | 908 | 36 | 25.2:1 | 48% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 981 | 52 | 18.9:1 | 26% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 851 | 42 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hedrick Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (964 to 952); teachers up 9% (43.3 to 47.4).
About Hedrick Middle School
Hedrick Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school that serves part of Medford, Oregon. It educates 952 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Oregon is about 494 students.
Medford SD 549C is the district for Hedrick Middle School. It has 25 schools and 13,735 students.
White students make up a majority at Hedrick Middle School, at 66%. The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. In Jackson County overall, about 81% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 20.1 students per teacher. That is 0.8 students per teacher above the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 87% of students.
allk12 grades Hedrick Middle School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Oregon public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 28.9%.
In the county around the school, Jackson County, the median household income is $73,999, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Jackson County is home to 70 public schools and about 30,143 public school students.
The nearest public school is Roosevelt Elementary School, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Hedrick Middle School comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 52 fewer students in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
222,645
Census ACS
Median income
$73,999
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
70
30,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Medford SD 549C
- South Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- North Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Logos Charter SchoolCombined · 1,285 students
- McLoughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Oakdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
Other schools in Medford
- South Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- North Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Logos Charter SchoolCombined · 1,285 students
- McLoughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Oakdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.2 mi · 308
- The Valley School of Southern Oregon0.6 mi · 127
- Medford Online Academy0.9 mi · 69
- Hoover Elementary School1.1 mi · 591
- North Medford High School1.1 mi · 1,721
- Kids Unlimited Academy1.1 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About Hedrick Middle SchoolHow large is Hedrick Middle School?
Hedrick Middle School enrolls approximately 952 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hedrick Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hedrick Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Hedrick Middle School have?
Hedrick Middle School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
How diverse is Hedrick Middle School?
Hedrick Middle School reports a student body of 66% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Hedrick Middle School?
Hedrick Middle School is overseen by Medford SD 549C in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.