Joseph Lane Middle School

Joseph Lane Middle School is a middle school of moderately sized scale in Roseburg, Oregon, one of the schools within Douglas County SD 4, teacheing 581 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Douglas County SD 4, which oversees 13 schools and 5,530 students, Joseph Lane Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Joseph Lane Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder looks like 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Joseph Lane Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.2%, the actual is 37.6%, a residual of +7.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Douglas County) shows that median household income runs about $61,310, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Joseph Lane Middle School is one of 50 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 13,417 students).

Nearest neighbor: Roseburg High School, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph Lane Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Joseph Lane Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.4%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Joseph Lane Middle School's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 646 (now 581). Class-load math has fell: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Joseph Lane Middle School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.