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What's something Hosford Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
537
Middle
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000902
Hosford Middle School
2303 SE 28th Pl, Portland, OR 97214 · (503) 916-5640 · Multnomah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Oregon public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
18.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
225 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 178 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 179 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 34% |
Student demographics
51%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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
OR avg 43.0% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
51.2%
OR avg 31.8% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.3% | 44.0% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 Hosford Middle School
Hosford Middle School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosford Middle School this school | 537 | 41.9% | 49.0% |
| Gray Middle School Portland | 439 | 43.5% | 60.8% |
| Mt Tabor Middle School Portland | 466 | 41.6% | 63.3% |
| West Sylvan Middle School Portland | 670 | 41.6% | 59.1% |
| Sellwood Middle School Portland | 575 | 41.7% | 58.6% |
| da Vinci Middle School Portland | 427 | 41.7% | 45.4% |
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 Hosford Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #18 of 190 | #6 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #16 of 200 ▲ 7 | #6 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #11 of 201 ▲ 18 | #5 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #89 of 208 | #14 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #112 of 180 | #18 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #98 of 180 | #25 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #180 of 194 | #22 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #63 of 141 | #13 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. 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
537
-138 (-20%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 537 | 28.3 | 18.9:1 | 42% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 25.9 | 19.9:1 | 36% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 27.5 | 20.6:1 | 27% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 32 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 29.5 | 21.1:1 | 28% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 30 | 21.3:1 | 28% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 46% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 50% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 715 | 38 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hosford Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (621 to 537); teachers down 4% (29.5 to 28.3).
About Hosford Middle School
Families in Portland, Oregon, are served by Hosford Middle School, a medium-sized middle-grades school. Enrollment is 537 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8.
Portland SD 1J has 86 schools and 41,894 students, and Hosford Middle School is one of those schools.
White students account for 67% of enrollment at Hosford Middle School. Enrollment also includes 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. County-wide, about 68% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Hosford Middle School comes in at 51%.
The school reports 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 18.9 students per teacher. Middle schools in Oregon average about 19.3:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 42%. Among public schools in Multnomah County, the average eligibility rate is 75%.
The allk12 Grade for Hosford Middle School is A. Compared with Oregon public middle schools, the school scored higher than 85% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Hosford Middle School is 2.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Oregon schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Multnomah County show that median household income is about $88,766, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hosford Middle School is one of 169 public schools in Multnomah County, which together enroll about 81,096 students.
Cleveland High School is the public school closest to Hosford Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Hosford Middle School is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Hosford Middle School as City: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 537, 20% below the 675 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 18.9 students per teacher, compared with 21.1 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Portland SD 1J
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- 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
- Cleveland High School0.5 mi · 1,421
- Abernethy Elementary School0.7 mi · 285
- Sunnyside Environmental School0.7 mi · 461
- Richmond Elementary School0.8 mi · 530
- Winterhaven School1.0 mi · 322
- Grout Elementary School1.1 mi · 295
Frequently asked questions
About Hosford Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hosford Middle School?
Hosford Middle School enrolls approximately 537 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Hosford Middle School serve?
Hosford Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Hosford Middle School have?
Hosford Middle School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
How diverse is Hosford Middle School?
Hosford Middle School reports a student body of 67% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Hosford Middle School?
Hosford 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.