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What's the most underrated thing about Leslie Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
735
Middle
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000812
Leslie Middle School
3850 Pringle Rd SE, Salem, OR 97302 · (503) 399-3206 · Marion County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 34.6:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
646 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 | 236 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 239 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 260 | 35% |
Student demographics
61%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
36.8%
OR avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
22.6%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 22.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 19.7% |
% 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
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Leslie Middle School
Leslie Middle School's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Middle School this school | 735 | 87.9% | 27.3% |
| Whiteaker Middle School Keizer | 654 | 89.1% | 31.7% |
| Oakdale Middle School Medford | 745 | 86.7% | 23.8% |
| Walker Middle School Salem | 571 | 88.6% | 34.8% |
| McLoughlin Middle School Medford | 826 | 87.7% | 24.4% |
| Judson Middle School Salem | 811 | 89.4% | 38.1% |
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 Leslie Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #120 of 190 | #7 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #126 of 200 ▲ 9 | #7 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #118 of 201 ▲ 12 | #9 of 18 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #31 of 208 | #7 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #137 of 180 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #39 of 180 | #2 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #54 of 194 | #11 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #99 of 141 | #11 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
735
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 735 | 36.6 | 20.1:1 | 88% (646) |
| 2023-24 | 735 | 36.1 | 20.3:1 | 67% (492) |
| 2022-23 | 743 | 38.4 | 19.4:1 | 76% (563) |
| 2020-21 | 743 | 30 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 804 | 35.3 | 22.8:1 | 58% (470) |
| 2015-16 | 788 | 34 | 23.2:1 | 68% (538) |
| 2010-11 | 892 | 40 | 22.3:1 | 66% (592) |
| 2000-01 | 781 | 41 | 19.1:1 | 43% (339) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 24 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leslie Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (804 to 735); teachers up 4% (35.3 to 36.6).
About Leslie Middle School
Leslie Middle School is a middle school in Salem, Oregon, and it is part of Salem-Keizer SD 24J. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 735 students. Middle schools in Oregon average about 494 students, which makes this school 49% larger than average.
Salem-Keizer SD 24J has 65 schools; together they serve 37,776 students.
White students account for 49% of enrollment at Leslie Middle School, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 37% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, 66% of Marion County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
Leslie Middle School has 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1. Across middle schools in Oregon, the average ratio is 19.3:1. The school has 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Leslie Middle School is 1.1 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.3% actual, 28.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Oregon.
Marion County is the school's county. There, 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. There are 111 public schools in the county, enrolling about 53,799, Leslie Middle School among them.
Morningside Elementary School is the nearest public school to Leslie Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Leslie Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Leslie Middle School is behind the 34.5% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
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 in 2024-25 was 735, close to the 743 recorded in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 24.8 to 20.1 over 4 years.
The discussion board for Leslie Middle School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Other Leslie Middle schools
One other US public school is named Leslie Middle. Leslie Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Leslie Middle SchoolLESLIE, MI · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Morningside Elementary School0.5 mi · 311
- Wright Elementary School1.2 mi · 378
- Judson Middle School1.3 mi · 811
- Salem Heights Elementary School1.4 mi · 245
- McKinley Elementary School1.5 mi · 269
- South Salem High School1.7 mi · 2,195
Frequently asked questions
About Leslie Middle SchoolHow large is Leslie Middle School?
Leslie Middle School enrolls approximately 735 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Leslie Middle School serve?
Leslie Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Leslie Middle School?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Leslie Middle School.
How diverse is Leslie Middle School?
Leslie Middle School reports a student body of 49% White, 37% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Leslie Middle School public or private?
Leslie Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.