La Grande Middle School

Set in La Grande, Oregon, La Grande Middle School is a mid-sized 6-8 campus, one of the schools within La Grande SD 1. It educates 480 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within La Grande SD 1, which oversees 5 schools and 2,014 students, La Grande Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, La Grande Middle School lists that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, La Grande Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.8%; this one delivers 29.6%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Union County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,661 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Union County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,646 students), of which La Grande Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is La Grande High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around La Grande Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts La Grande Middle School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

La Grande Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 525 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 11% to 4% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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