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Enrollment
466
Middle
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000922
Mt Tabor Middle School
5800 SE Ash St, Portland, OR 97215 · (503) 916-5646 · Multnomah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% 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
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
194 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 141 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 150 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 175 | 38% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
68.0%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 are up about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.2% | 60.7% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Mt Tabor Middle School
Mt Tabor Middle School's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Tabor Middle School this school | 466 | 41.6% | 63.3% |
| Hosford Middle School Portland | 537 | 41.9% | 49.0% |
| Meridian Creek Middle School Wilsonville | 368 | 42.9% | 37.8% |
| Gray Middle School Portland | 439 | 43.5% | 60.8% |
| Beaumont Middle School Portland | 435 | 41.8% | 56.0% |
| West Sylvan Middle School Portland | 670 | 41.6% | 59.1% |
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 Mt Tabor Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #2 of 190 | #1 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #5 of 200 no change | #2 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #8 of 201 ▼ 5 | #3 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #110 of 208 | #17 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #89 of 180 | #16 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #54 of 180 | #21 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.6% | #186 of 194 | #27 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.1% | #4 of 141 | #2 of 23 |
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
466
-255 (-35%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 466 | 25.4 | 18.3:1 | 42% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 19% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 31.4 | 19.3:1 | 15% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 33 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 718 | 32.2 | 22.3:1 | 19% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 694 | 30 | 23.1:1 | 22% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 28 | 20.7:1 | 33% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 34 | 19.7:1 | 22% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 663 | 35 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt Tabor Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (718 to 466); teachers down 21% (32.2 to 25.4).
About Mt Tabor Middle School
Mt Tabor Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Portland, Oregon. It reports enrollment of 466 students in grades 6 through 8.
The district, Portland SD 1J, operates 86 schools serving 41,894 students.
About 57% of the student body at Mt Tabor Middle School is White. Other groups include 26% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Multnomah County residents are about 68% White. The diversity index for Mt Tabor Middle School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.3:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Oregon is 19.3:1. The school reported 42% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 75% average for public schools in Multnomah County is 33 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Mt Tabor Middle School lands at A+, ahead of 99% of Oregon public middle schools.
Mt Tabor Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Oregon schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.3% and a predicted 46.4%.
Multnomah County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $88,766, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 169 public schools in the county, enrolling about 81,096, Mt Tabor Middle School among them.
Glencoe Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Mt Tabor Middle School ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Mt Tabor Middle School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 35% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.3:1) than in 2020-21 (21.9:1).
On allk12, people connected to Mt Tabor Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portland SD 1J
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Nearby schools
- Glencoe Elementary School0.4 mi · 357
- Hassolo School0.8 mi · 6
- Portland Arthur Academy Charter School0.9 mi · 165
- Laurelhurst Elementary School0.9 mi · 660
- Atkinson Elementary School1.1 mi · 372
- Vestal Elementary School1.2 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About Mt Tabor Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mt Tabor Middle School?
Mt Tabor Middle School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mt Tabor Middle School serve?
Mt Tabor Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mt Tabor Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mt Tabor Middle School is approximately 18.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mt Tabor Middle School?
At Mt Tabor Middle School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 26% Two or more.
Who oversees Mt Tabor Middle School?
Mt Tabor Middle School is overseen by Portland SD 1J in Multnomah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.