McLoughlin Middle School

McLoughlin Middle School is a roomy 6-8 campus in Medford, Oregon, one of the schools within Medford SD 549C. The school caters to 826 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 67% bigger than the state mean of about 494.

Within Medford SD 549C, which oversees 25 schools and 13,735 students, McLoughlin Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, McLoughlin Middle School lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 39% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 88% of students at McLoughlin Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, McLoughlin Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.4%.

In the broader community, Jackson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,999 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,143 students), of which McLoughlin Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Jackson Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McLoughlin Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McLoughlin Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 23.4%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 813 students in 2018 compared to 826 in 2025.

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