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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Houck Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
830
Middle
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000664
Houck Middle School
1155 Connecticut, Salem, OR 97301 · (503) 399-3446 · Marion County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL830 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.6:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
739 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 270 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 285 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 33% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
21.9%
OR avg 43.0% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
10.1%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.9% | 10.1% |
| 2023-24 | 16.5% | 6.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
12.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Houck Middle School
Houck Middle School's state test result (12.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houck Middle School this school | 830 | 89.0% | 12.1% |
| Stephens Middle School Salem | 1,014 | 88.8% | 15.9% |
| Waldo Middle School Salem | 997 | 89.9% | 15.4% |
| Armand Larive Middle School Hermiston | 722 | 91.7% | 32.1% |
| Parrish Middle School Salem | 691 | 88.6% | 19.4% |
| Neil Armstrong Middle School Forest Grove | 838 | 82.0% | 22.2% |
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 Houck Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #185 of 190 | #16 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #189 of 200 ▲ 9 | #15 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #189 of 201 ▲ 7 | #15 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 830 | #13 of 208 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #170 of 180 | #12 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #109 of 180 | #9 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #44 of 194 | #5 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #19 of 141 | #1 of 16 |
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
830
-213 (-20%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 900
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 830 | 36.7 | 22.6:1 | 89% (739) |
| 2023-24 | 873 | 40.3 | 21.7:1 | 68% (590) |
| 2022-23 | 949 | 45.3 | 20.9:1 | 74% (699) |
| 2020-21 | 1,043 | 41 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,061 | 45.3 | 23.4:1 | 85% (898) |
| 2015-16 | 950 | 44 | 21.6:1 | 85% (804) |
| 2010-11 | 934 | 54 | 17.3:1 | 84% (785) |
| 2000-01 | 900 | 46 | 19.6:1 | 55% (495) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houck Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,061 to 830); teachers down 19% (45.3 to 36.7).
About Houck Middle School
Houck Middle School is a middle school located in Salem, Oregon, in Marion County. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 830 students. On average, middle schools in Oregon enroll around 494, and this school is 68% larger than that mark.
Salem-Keizer SD 24J has a total of 65 schools and 37,776 students, Houck Middle School among them.
Hispanic students are 71% of those enrolled at Houck Middle School. Enrollment also includes 17% White, 4% Pacific Islander, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Marion County overall, about 29% of residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Houck Middle School is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Houck Middle School is 22.6:1, based on 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Houck Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% in Oregon. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 12.1%, against a prediction of 28.0%.
The school is in Marion County, where median household income comes to about $77,351, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Marion County's 111 public schools enroll about 53,799 students and include Houck Middle School.
Houck Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Miller Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Houck Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment was 830 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,043. The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.4:1 to 22.6:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the Houck Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Nearby schools
- Miller Elementary School0.4 mi · 318
- Eyre Elementary School0.5 mi · 538
- Four Corners Elementary School0.6 mi · 362
- Roberts High School1.2 mi · 515
- Auburn Elementary School1.4 mi · 592
- Richmond Elementary School2.2 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About Houck Middle SchoolHow many students attend Houck Middle School?
Houck Middle School enrolls approximately 830 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Houck Middle School serve?
Houck Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Houck Middle School?
Approximately 22.6:1 students per teacher at Houck Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Houck Middle School?
Student demographics at Houck Middle School are roughly 17% White, 71% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Houck Middle School in?
Houck Middle School is part of Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.