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Enrollment
544
Middle
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER ALBANY PUBLIC SD 8J·NCES 410112000733
Memorial Middle School
1050 Queen Ave SW, Albany, OR 97321 · (541) 967-4537 · Linn County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Oregon public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
20.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
414 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 178 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 167 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 199 | 37% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
30.9%
OR avg 43.0% . -7.4pp since 2023
Math
22.0%
OR avg 31.8% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.9% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 20.5% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Memorial Middle School
Memorial Middle School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Middle School this school | 544 | 76.1% | 27.4% |
| North Albany Middle School Albany | 479 | 75.6% | 47.9% |
| Timber Ridge School Albany | 657 | 76.9% | 39.7% |
| North Middle School Grants Pass | 673 | 73.7% | 43.5% |
| Elton Gregory Middle School Redmond | 695 | 78.6% | 28.2% |
| St Helens Middle School St Helens | 563 | 73.0% | 19.0% |
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 Memorial Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #119 of 190 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #130 of 200 ▼ 2 | #4 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #156 of 201 ▼ 47 | #6 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #88 of 208 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #136 of 180 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #108 of 180 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #86 of 194 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #90 of 141 | N/A |
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
544
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 544 | 27.1 | 20.1:1 | 76% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | N/A | N/A | 65% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 22.7 | 23.1:1 | 68% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 25 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 28.6 | 21.1:1 | 47% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 26 | 22.5:1 | 45% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 30 | 22.2:1 | 55% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 25 | 21.6:1 | 36% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 586 | 34 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (604 to 544); teachers down 5% (28.6 to 27.1).
About Memorial Middle School
Memorial Middle School serves students in Albany, Oregon, as a mid-sized middle school. Its enrollment is 544 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
Greater Albany Public SD 8J has a total of 20 schools and 8,771 students, Memorial Middle School among them.
The student body at Memorial Middle School is 69% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 84%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
Memorial Middle School has 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 20.1:1. Middle schools in Oregon have an average ratio of 19.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 76%. That is in line with the 79% average for public schools in Linn County.
Memorial Middle School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of Oregon public middle schools.
Memorial Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.4% is 5.7 points below the 33.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Linn County show the median household earns about $76,329 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Memorial Middle School, Linn County has 48 public schools.
West Albany High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Memorial Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Memorial Middle School comes in 4th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Memorial Middle School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 561 (2020-21) to 544 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 22.4:1 to 20.1:1.
The discussion board for Memorial Middle School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,706
Census ACS
Median income
$76,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
17,916 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greater Albany Public SD 8J
- South Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,466 students
- West Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,297 students
- Timber Ridge SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Calapooia Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Meadow Ridge ElementaryElementary · 510 students
- North Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 479 students
Other schools in Albany
- South Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,466 students
- West Albany High SchoolHigh · 1,297 students
- Timber Ridge SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Calapooia Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Meadow Ridge ElementaryElementary · 510 students
- North Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 479 students
Other Memorial Middle schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Memorial Middle. Memorial Middle School is the 16th largest of the 25.
- Memorial Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,236 students
- Memorial Middle School - 04Sioux Falls, SD · 1,133 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 1,045 students
- MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 973 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMentor, OH · 852 students
Nearby schools
- West Albany High School0.1 mi · 1,297
- Liberty Elementary School0.3 mi · 297
- Takena Elementary School0.3 mi · 122
- Central Elementary School0.7 mi · 125
- Albany Options School1.0 mi · 136
- Sunrise Elementary School1.0 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Middle SchoolHow many students attend Memorial Middle School?
Memorial Middle School enrolls approximately 544 students in grades 06-08.
Is Memorial Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Memorial Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Memorial Middle School have?
Memorial Middle School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Memorial Middle School?
Student demographics at Memorial Middle School are roughly 69% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Memorial Middle School public or private?
Memorial Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Greater Albany Public SD 8J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.