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Enrollment
712
Middle
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORVALLIS SD 509J·NCES 410348000045
Linus Pauling Middle School
1111 NW Cleveland Ave, Corvallis, OR 97330 · (541) 757-5961 · Benton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Oregon public middle schools
- A-Test 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
18.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
412 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 200 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 230 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 282 | 40% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
47.5%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
36.4%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.5% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 37.3% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Linus Pauling Middle School
Linus Pauling Middle School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Pauling Middle School this school | 712 | 57.9% | 44.0% |
| Thomas R Fowler Middle School Tigard | 744 | 58.1% | 34.1% |
| Alder Creek Middle School Milwaukie | 810 | 59.0% | 17.9% |
| Rowe Middle School Milwaukie | 747 | 58.8% | 23.4% |
| Gardiner Middle School Oregon City | 699 | 54.2% | 29.9% |
| Monroe Middle School Eugene | 519 | 64.0% | 27.1% |
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 Linus Pauling Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #27 of 190 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #40 of 200 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #60 of 201 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #38 of 208 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #90 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #61 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #147 of 194 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #134 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
712
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 712 | 38.8 | 18.3:1 | 58% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 732 | 35.5 | 20.6:1 | 51% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 768 | 44.5 | 17.3:1 | 45% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 717 | 40 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 37.5 | 19.3:1 | 46% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 698 | 32 | 21.8:1 | 44% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | 29 | 25.0:1 | 42% (308) |
| 2000-01 | 402 | 19 | 21.2:1 | 25% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 29 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linus Pauling Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (723 to 712); teachers up 4% (37.5 to 38.8).
About Linus Pauling Middle School
Linus Pauling Middle School, located in Corvallis, Oregon, is a mid-sized middle school. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 712 students on the rolls. Middle schools in Oregon average about 494 students, which makes this school 44% above average.
Corvallis SD 509J has a total of 13 schools and 5,916 students, Linus Pauling Middle School among them.
The share of White students at Linus Pauling Middle School is 60%, a majority. The remaining students are 25% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. Census figures show Benton County is about 79% White. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Linus Pauling Middle School are from different groups.
A staff of 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 18.3:1. The average for middle schools in Oregon, 19.3:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 58%. That is in line with the 60% average for public schools in Benton County.
Linus Pauling Middle School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 85% of Oregon public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Linus Pauling Middle School would be expected to post about 40.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Benton County show that the median household earns about $77,702 a year, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Benton County has 26 public schools with about 9,268 students, including Linus Pauling Middle School.
Among nearby public schools, Garfield Elementary School is closest at about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of Linus Pauling Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Linus Pauling Middle School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Linus Pauling Middle School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
In 2020-21, Linus Pauling Middle School enrolled 717; in 2024-25, 712.
People who know Linus Pauling Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,303
Census ACS
Median income
$77,702
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
9,268 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Corvallis SD 509J
- Corvallis High SchoolHigh · 1,273 students
- Crescent Valley High SchoolHigh · 875 students
- Cheldelin Middle SchoolMiddle · 488 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Bessie Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
Other schools in Corvallis
- Corvallis High SchoolHigh · 1,273 students
- Crescent Valley High SchoolHigh · 875 students
- Cheldelin Middle SchoolMiddle · 488 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Bessie Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Garfield Elementary School0.2 mi · 378
- Letitia Carson Elementary School0.7 mi · 333
- Corvallis High School0.8 mi · 1,273
- Kathryn Jones Harrison Elementary School0.8 mi · 225
- Franklin School0.9 mi · 310
- Bessie Coleman Elementary School1.5 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About Linus Pauling Middle SchoolHow large is Linus Pauling Middle School?
Linus Pauling Middle School enrolls approximately 712 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Linus Pauling Middle School serve?
Linus Pauling Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Linus Pauling Middle School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Linus Pauling Middle School.
How diverse is Linus Pauling Middle School?
Linus Pauling Middle School reports a student body of 60% White, 25% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Linus Pauling Middle School?
Linus Pauling Middle School is overseen by Corvallis SD 509J in Benton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.