Hood River Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Hood River, Oregon, Hood River Middle School educates 461 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Hood River County SD.

Hood River County SD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,602 students. Hood River Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hood River Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 29% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hood River Middle School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hood River Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of +8.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Hood River County) records that the typical household earns roughly $88,947 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Hood River County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,602 students), Hood River Middle School is one campus in the mix.

May Street Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hood River Middle School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 563 students in 2018 compared to 461 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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