Enrollment
283
Middle
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THREE RIVERS/JOSEPHINE COUNTY SD·NCES 410690000470
Lincoln Savage Middle School
8551 New Hope Rd, Grants Pass, OR 97527 · (541) 862-2171 · Josephine County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Oregon public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
17.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
257 students
DISTRICT 101% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 98 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 90 | 32% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.2%
OR avg 43.0% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
20.9%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 20.4% |
% 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Lincoln Savage Middle School
Lincoln Savage Middle School's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Savage Middle School this school | 283 | 90.8% | 31.0% |
| Lorna Byrne Middle School Cave Junction | 349 | 90.5% | 29.3% |
| Fleming Middle School Grants Pass | 381 | 94.0% | 28.6% |
| Coffenberry Middle School Myrtle Creek | 267 | 83.9% | 10.8% |
| Baker Middle School Baker City | 226 | 84.1% | 29.8% |
| Harbor Lights Middle School Bandon | 195 | 89.7% | 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 Lincoln Savage Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #84 of 190 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #139 of 200 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #78 of 201 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #168 of 208 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #71 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #168 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #37 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.1% | #6 of 141 |
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
283
-77 (-21%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 27.7:1
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 | 283 | 16 | 17.7:1 | 91% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 16 | 17.4:1 | 76% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 15.5 | 20.1:1 | 52% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 13 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 15.2 | 26.6:1 | 64% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 15 | 23.9:1 | 64% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 469 | 18 | 26.1:1 | 63% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 24 | 21.8:1 | 52% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 26 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Savage Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (405 to 283); teachers up 5% (15.2 to 16).
About Lincoln Savage Middle School
Federal records list Lincoln Savage Middle School as a middle-grades school in Grants Pass, Oregon. In all, 283 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That is 43% below the average of about 494 students for middle schools in Oregon.
Three Rivers/Josephine County SD is made up of 17 schools with 4,440 students in all.
The share of White students at Lincoln Savage Middle School is 81%. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 33%.
On staff are 16 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.7:1. Middle schools in Oregon average 19.3:1, 1.6 more students per teacher than here. Lincoln Savage Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 91%.
Lincoln Savage Middle School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of Oregon public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lincoln Savage Middle School, the prediction is 27.3% and the result is 31.0%.
The county, Josephine County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $60,098 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Josephine County has 28 public schools with about 9,944 students, including Lincoln Savage Middle School.
Lincoln Savage Middle School's nearest public school is Woodland Charter School (about 1.2 miles). There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lincoln Savage Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
A 21% decline took enrollment from 360 in 2020-21 to 283 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 27.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.7:1.
The Lincoln Savage Middle School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Josephine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
88,179
Census ACS
Median income
$60,098
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
9,944 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Three Rivers/Josephine County SD
- Hidden Valley High SchoolHigh · 522 students
- North Valley High SchoolHigh · 424 students
- Fleming Middle SchoolMiddle · 381 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Lorna Byrne Middle SchoolMiddle · 349 students
- Manzanita Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
Other schools in Grants Pass
- Grants Pass High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 610 students
- Hidden Valley High SchoolHigh · 522 students
- Redwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- North Valley High SchoolHigh · 424 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland Charter School1.2 mi · 205
- Hidden Valley High School1.6 mi · 522
- Madrona Elementary School1.7 mi · 281
- Allen Dale Elementary School4.4 mi · 397
- South Middle School4.7 mi · 610
- Fruitdale Elementary School5.1 mi · 225
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Savage Middle SchoolHow large is Lincoln Savage Middle School?
Lincoln Savage Middle School enrolls approximately 283 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lincoln Savage Middle School serve?
Lincoln Savage Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lincoln Savage Middle School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Lincoln Savage Middle School.
How diverse is Lincoln Savage Middle School?
Lincoln Savage Middle School reports a student body of 81% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Lincoln Savage Middle School public or private?
Lincoln Savage Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Three Rivers/Josephine County SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.