Middleton Elementary School

Middleton Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in Sherwood, Oregon, part of Sherwood SD 88J. Current enrollment sits at 395 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 321.

Sherwood SD 88J runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,797 students. Middleton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Middleton Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder comes out to 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Middleton Elementary School logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washington County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Middleton Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.1%.

Around the school, Washington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), Middleton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Sherwood High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Middleton Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.7%.

Middleton Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Middleton Elementary School has declined 34%, going from 598 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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