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Enrollment
581
Middle
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SD 4·NCES 411071000299
Joseph Lane Middle School
2153 NE Vine St, Roseburg, OR 97470 · (541) 440-4104 · Douglas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Oregon public middle schools
- B+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
16.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
485 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 | 185 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 197 | 34% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Joseph Lane Middle School→Roseburg High School
Based on grade levels within Douglas County SD 4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.1%
OR avg 43.0% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
28.6%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.1% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.3% | 28.5% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Joseph Lane Middle School
Joseph Lane Middle School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Lane Middle School this school | 581 | 83.5% | 37.6% |
| John C Fremont Middle School Roseburg | 653 | 83.5% | 33.6% |
| North Bend Middle School North Bend | 477 | 82.0% | 32.0% |
| Seven Oak Middle School Lebanon | 676 | 88.9% | 24.3% |
| Scenic Middle School Central Point | 774 | 78.8% | 30.7% |
| Timber Ridge School Albany | 657 | 76.9% | 39.7% |
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 Joseph Lane Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #50 of 190 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #90 of 200 ▼ 10 | #2 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #67 of 201 ▼ 19 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #76 of 208 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #35 of 180 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #150 of 180 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #65 of 194 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #88 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
581
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 758
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 581 | 36.2 | 16.0:1 | 83% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 38.9 | 14.6:1 | 66% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 38.4 | 15.2:1 | 68% (399) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 36 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 33.3 | 19.4:1 | 58% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 34 | 18.3:1 | 60% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 37 | 20.4:1 | 51% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 781 | 44 | 17.8:1 | 36% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 758 | 41 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph Lane Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (646 to 581); teachers up 9% (33.3 to 36.2).
About Joseph Lane Middle School
Students in Roseburg, Oregon, attend Joseph Lane Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 581 students.
Douglas County SD 4 runs Joseph Lane Middle School along with 12 other schools, enrolling 5,530 students in total.
Of every 100 students at Joseph Lane Middle School, about 76 are White. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Douglas County, the White share is about 86%. The diversity index for Joseph Lane Middle School is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Joseph Lane Middle School has 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Oregon is 19.3:1. At Joseph Lane Middle School, 83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Douglas County is similar, at 82%.
On the allk12 Grade, Joseph Lane Middle School lands at A-, ahead of 81% of Oregon public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Joseph Lane Middle School is 7.5 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.6% actual, 30.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Oregon.
The school is in Douglas County, where the median household earns about $61,310 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Douglas County, 50 public schools serve about 13,417 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Roseburg High School, is about 1.4 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Joseph Lane Middle School places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 618 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 581 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.0:1, from 17.2:1.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,072
Census ACS
Median income
$61,310
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
13,417 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County SD 4
- Roseburg High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- John C Fremont Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Hucrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Eastwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 393 students
- Winchester ElementaryElementary · 330 students
- Fullerton IV Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
Other schools in Roseburg
- Roseburg High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- John C Fremont Middle SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Hucrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Eastwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 393 students
- Fullerton IV Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
- Melrose Elementary SchoolElementary · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Roseburg High School1.4 mi · 1,587
- Fir Grove Elementary School1.7 mi · 238
- Complex Needs Classroom1.7 mi · 5
- Hucrest Elementary School1.8 mi · 394
- John C Fremont Middle School2.1 mi · 653
- Fullerton IV Elementary School2.2 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph Lane Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Joseph Lane Middle School?
Joseph Lane Middle School enrolls approximately 581 students in grades 06-08.
Is Joseph Lane Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joseph Lane Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Joseph Lane Middle School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Joseph Lane Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Joseph Lane Middle School?
At Joseph Lane Middle School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Joseph Lane Middle School public or private?
Joseph Lane Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Douglas County SD 4.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.